Baikal'sk Mayor Orders Removal of Yabloko Campaign Banner
Mayor of Baikal requested removal of 'Yabloko' banner 'For Peace and Freedom'. Candidate for the State Duma from 'Yabloko', Pavel Kharitonenko, reported in his Telegram channel that today an agitational banner with the slogan 'For Peace and Freedom' was removed in Baikal at the request of the city mayor, Vasily Temgenevsky.
Consensus
- A campaign banner with the slogan 'For peace and freedom' for Yabloko candidate Pavel Kharytonенко was removed in Baikal'sk, Irkutsk Region.
- The removal occurred on August 19, 2024.
- The mayor of Baikal'sk, Vasiliy Temgenyevsky, personally contacted local entrepreneurs to demand the banner's removal.
- The banner was placed on August 11, 2024, on a market wall.
- The banner was funded from Kharytonenko's campaign account and the election commission was notified.
- Kharytonenko stated that the banner was legally placed and that the mayor ignored his legal arguments.
- Temgenyevsky is a member of United Russia.
- Kharytonenko is one of three registered Yabloko candidates in Irkutsk Oblast for the 2026 State Duma elections.
Points of divergence
- The banner had been hanging for slightly more than a week before removal. — tg_echoonline_news
- No other party's campaign banners were present in the city before Kharytonenko's. — tg_echoonline_news
- Yabloko members in Irkutsk cannot print campaign leaflets due to font restrictions imposed by election commissions. — tg_echoonline_news
- Samara Regional Court removed Mikhail Matveev from the 2026 elections due to font usage in his campaign. — tg_echoonline_news
- The Supreme Court removed Yabloko's federal list from the 2026 elections based on foreign funding, third-party campaigning, and copyright violations. — tg_echoonline_news
- More than 40 Yabloko members lost their right to participate in the 2026 elections, including due to 'foreign agent' status and administrative penalties. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Several Yabloko members are in detention. — tg_radiosvoboda
- More than 40 Yabloko members have lost their right to participate in the 2016 elections due to various grounds, including 'foreign agent' status and administrative penalties. — tg_sibrealii
- Several Yabloko members are in detention. — tg_sibrealii
- Pavel Kharytonenko is one of three Yabloko candidates registered in Irkutsk Oblast. — meduza
- The federal list of Yabloko was removed from the 2026 Duma elections by the Supreme Court. — meduza
- There are 126 Yabloko candidates running in single-mandate districts across Russia. — meduza
Coverage (10 sources)
- Mayor of Baikalsk demanded removal of 'Yabloko' banner 'For peace and freedom' — ЭХО / Новости
- In Baikal, banner 'Apple' 'For peace and freedom' was removed at mayor's request — Настоящее Время
- In Baikal, the mayor-Eunor forced removal of banner 'for peace and freedom' — Радио Свобода
- In Baikal, the mayor-Eunor forced removal of banner 'for peace and freedom' — Сибирь.Реалии
- In Irkutsk region, mayor-Eunor forced removal of banner of 'Yabloko' candidate with slogan 'For peace and freedom' — Meduza
- Why was a banner of 'Yabloko' 'for peace and freedom' removed in Baikal — Дождь
- «How do they fear real opposition»: In Baikal, a banner of the «Yabloko» candidate was removed at the mayor's order — SOTAvision
- Mayor of Baikalsk demanded removal of campaign banner for 'Yabloko' candidate with slogan 'For peace and freedom' — ASTRA
- Bailak's United Russia mayor forced local entrepreneurs to remove 'Yabloko' banner with slogan 'for peace and freedom' — Дождь (Telegram)
- Mayor of Baikalsk forced entrepreneur to remove campaign banner — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
Key entities
- Baikal
- Apple
- Pavel Kharitonenko
- Vasily Temgenevsky
- State Duma
- Irkutsk Oblast
- United Russia
- State Duma
- Mayor-Eunoross of Baikal
- Mayor-Baykal-Einoross