Supreme Court Confirms Yabloko's Removal from Elections

You are undermining state stability by trying to remove us from the elections,

Consensus

• The Supreme Court's appellate panel confirmed the decision to remove 'Yabloko' from the elections.
• The decision to remove 'Yabloko' has come into force.
• At least 35 people were detained near the Supreme Court building during the session.
• Viktor Balabanov, a Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, was among those detained.
• A meeting of the Central Election Commission is scheduled for August 18 to update the ballot.
• Yabloko has promised to file a supervisory appeal against the Supreme Court's decision.

Points of divergence

• The appellate panel required only about half an hour to uphold the first-instance decision. — kommersant
• Nicolas Rybakov stated that police officers visited participants of the previous hearing within a week with warnings. — tg_tvrain
• Rybakov claimed that the court's actions undermine state stability and accused authorities of targeting Yabloko while ignoring similar violations by other parties. — tg_tvrain

Coverage (2 sources)

• Appeal Collegium of the Armed Forces confirmed the decision to remove the 'Yabloko' party from the elections — Коммерсантъ
• You are undermining state stability by trying to remove us from the elections — Дождь (Telegram)

Key entities

• Apple
• Nikolay Rybakov
• VS
• State Duma
• Viktor Balabanov
• Supreme Court
• Meeting
• Appellate Collegium

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