Supreme Court Upholds Yabloko's Removal from Duma Elections
The Supreme Court of Russia rejected the appeal of the opposition party 'Yabloko' and upheld its removal from the State Duma elections. The decision, made on August 10, was finalized after a six-hour hearing, with all party requests for new evidence and witness testimony denied.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia rejected Yabloko's appeal against its removal from the State Duma elections.
- The decision to remove Yabloko from the elections was upheld and became legally binding.
- The appeal was heard by the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court.
- All requests from Yabloko's legal team for new evidence, witness testimony, or document submission were rejected.
- The court's decision was made on August 10 and remained unchanged.
- Yabloko announced plans to file a supervisory appeal with the Presidium of the Supreme Court.
- The removal of Yabloko was based on claims of foreign financing and copyright violations, supported by the Central Election Commission and the Prosecutor General's Office.
- The hearing was held on a Monday, with no public access and no video broadcast.
- Over 85 people were detained outside the court building during the hearing.
Points of divergence
- The court's decision to remove Yabloko was described as a 'mock trial' by party leader Nikolai Rybakov. — tg_tvrain
- Politician Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison. — tg_tvrain
- The crypto exchange Binance provided data on an EU resident to Russian security services, leading to terrorism financing charges. — tg_tvrain
- Criminal charges were filed against Natalia Sindeeva and Mark Tena, the founder and general director of TV Rain, for organizing activities of a 'prohibited' organization. — tg_tvrain
- Kanye West is scheduled to perform in St. Petersburg on October 10 and 11, with VIP boxes sold out within an hour. — tg_tvrain
- Medical universities in Russia are failing to fill budget places due to high fines for targeted students. — tg_tvrain
- Ten secret Russian drone bases capable of attacking NATO countries were exposed in a Telegraph investigation. — tg_tvrain
- The Supreme Court's statistics show that nearly all supervisory appeals are not reviewed. — tg_agentstvonews
- Approximately one-third of the 212 allegedly paid publications listed by the ABA did not meet the criteria for campaign activity. — tg_agentstvonews
- The court's discussion included a post about musician Shaman burning leather pants, used as an example of unrelated content. — tg_agentstvonews
- The party's legal team attempted to present a statement from blogger Alexander Stefanov denying payment from Yabloko. — tg_agentstvonews
- Judge Vladimir Zaitsev, who presided over the case, was under EU sanctions since 2024 for his role in the Navalny case. — tg_agentstvonews
Coverage (20 sources)
- Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the "Yabloko" party and confirmed its removal from elections to the State Duma. The court's decision of 1... — Радио Свобода
- Supreme Court approved removal of 'Yabloko' from elections; Collegial Chamber of the Supreme Court rejected 'Yabloko's' appeal on cancellation of party list registration for State Duma elections — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Main events for August 17 — Дождь (Telegram)
- «Apple» will appeal the court's decision to an instance that practically does not consider complaints — Агентство. Новости
- Supreme Court finally removed 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections Appeal Collegium of the Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the court of first instance on the cancellation of the registration of the federal list of the party 'Yabloko' for elections to the State Duma. Thus, the appeal... — SOTAvision
- Supreme Court rejected 'Yabloko' in appeal complaint Resolution on removal of 'Yabloko' from Duma elections enters into force... — Дождь (Telegram)
- Supreme Court upheld the decision to remove 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections — The Moscow Times
- Supreme Court rejected 'Yabloko' in appeal complaint Resolution on removal of 'Yabloko' from Duma elections enters into force... — Дождь (Telegram)
- The court upheld the exclusion of 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections The Appellate Collegium of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected... — The Insider
- Supreme Court finally removed 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections Appeal Collegium of the Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the court of first instance on the cancellation of the registration of the federal list of the party 'Yabloko' for elections to the State Duma. Thus, the appeal... — SOTAvision
- Supreme Court rejected the party "Yabloko" appeal on its removal from Duma elections, reports TASS correspondent. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Armed Forces kept in force the decision to remove 'Apple' from the State Duma elections — Ведомости
- Court upheld the disqualification of 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections — The Insider
- Appeal Collegium of the Supreme Court confirmed the decision to cancel the registration of the federal list of candidates of "Yabloko"... — ЭХО / Новости
- Supreme Court rejected all lawyers' requests from "Yabloko". EEC and Prosecutor General urged court to leave in force the cancellation of registration... — Настоящее Время
- Supreme Court upheld decision to remove 'Yabloko' from elections, rejecting party's appeal, its press service reports. — Varlamov News
- Supreme Court approved removal of 'Yabloko' from elections — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Supreme Court refused to restore 'Yabloko' in elections — Важные истории
- Supreme Court rejected 'Yabloko' appeal — Дождь (Telegram)
- Supreme Court rejected all requests of 'Yabloko' at the session on removal from elections — The Moscow Times
Key entities
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- Appellate Collegium
- General Procuracy
- CIC
- Presidium
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- State Duma
- Vladimir Zaytsev
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- Supreme
- Aleksey Navalny
- Court
- Lev Shlosberg
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