Kaliningrad Court Cancels Yabloko's Election Registration
The Kaliningrad Regional Court canceled the registration of the 'Yabloko' party's candidate list for the regional parliament elections, following a lawsuit filed by 'Communists of Russia' over alleged copyright violations in campaign materials. This decision was part of a broader pattern, with similar rulings in multiple Russian regions.
Consensus
- The Kaliningrad Regional Court canceled the registration of Yabloko's candidate list for the regional parliament elections.
- The lawsuit was filed by 'Communists of Russia'.
- The court's decision was based on allegations of copyright violations in Yabloko's campaign materials.
- The decision has not yet entered into legal force.
- Yabloko's candidate lists were also canceled in other regions, including Sverdlovsk, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Pskov, and Karelia.
- The same day, Yabloko was also removed from the ballot in Sverdlovsk Oblast by a court decision.
- The court case referenced a previous ruling by the Supreme Court of Russia that canceled Yabloko's federal list registration.
Points of divergence
- The case was brought by the 'Kalininogradskoe oblastnoe otdelenie politicheskoy partii Kommunisticheskaya partiya Kommunisty Rossii' (Kalininograd Regional Branch of the Communist Party, Communists of Russia). — interfax
- The text of the lawsuit in Kaliningrad overlaps by 51% with the lawsuit filed by the Sverdlovsk branch of LDPR. — mediazona
- The text of the lawsuit in Kaliningrad is 51% identical to the Sverdlovsk LDPR lawsuit, and both mention publications of candidates on Facebook and Instagram. — tg_horizontal_russia
- Yabloko's leader Ivan Bolshakov stated that such rulings undermine trust in elections and the judiciary, and open the door to radicals. — mediazona
- The party intends to appeal the decision. — tg_horizontal_russia
- The case involved a reference to a Supreme Court ruling from August 10, 2026, which canceled Yabloko's federal list registration. — interfax
- The Sverdlovsk court case was based on allegations of abuse of freedom of mass media, copyright violations, and exceeding the campaign fund limit. — vesti
Coverage (8 sources)
- Court in Kaliningrad granted request to cancel registration of party 'Yabloko' for elections in the Legislative Assembly — ASTRA
- Kaliningrad Regional Court Cancelled Registration of "Yabloko" List on August 28 for Regional Parliament Elections. Suit... — Радио Свобода
- Regional court in Kaliningrad removed "Yabloko" from regional parliament elections — Интерфакс
- Kaliningrad "Yabloko" list removed from regional legislative assembly elections on "Communists of Russia" lawsuit — Медиазона
- Kaliningrad court removed 'Yabloko' from Legislative Assembly elections — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Court in Yekaterinburg removed "Yabloko" from elections in the Sverdlovsk Regional Duma — Интерфакс
- "Apple" removed from elections in the regional assembly of the Sverdlovsk region — Вести
- Appeal in the 'Yabloko' election case in the Sverdlovsk regional parliament will be considered on August 28 — Вести