Yabloko removed from Kalingrad elections by court
The Communist Party of Russia demanded that the 'Yabloko' party be removed from the elections in the Kaliningrad region. The Communist Party of Russia filed an administrative lawsuit with the Kaliningrad Regional Court, requesting the cancellation of the 'Yabloko' list's registration for the regional legislative assembly elections.
Consensus
- The Kalingrad Regional Court removed Yabloko's candidate list from regional elections on August 26.
- The lawsuit was filed by 'Communists of Russia' against Yabloko in Kalingrad.
- This was the fourth time Yabloko was removed from regional elections via court decision.
- Similar lawsuits were filed in Pskov, Sverdlovska, and Karelia regions.
- Yabloko's candidate list had been registered and assigned the third number in the ballot.
- Yabloko stated it would appeal the decisions.
- The court case was scheduled for August 28 and presided over by Judge Svetlana Marina.
Points of divergence
- The same arguments used in the Supreme Court case against Yabloko's federal list were used in the Kalingrad case: 'gray' agitation, use of banned social networks, copyright violations, and content in the pre-election program. — fontanka
- The Kalingrad 'Communists of Russia' based their lawsuit on the 'Rodina' party's case that led to the cancellation of Yabloko's federal list registration, and the idea originated from a year ago with the help of the 'Russian Community' organization. — kommerant
- The representative of 'Communists of Russia' in court is Maxim Makarov, who is affiliated with a non-nationalist NGO registered in 2017 and claims no ties to 'Russian Community' or 'Northern Man' organizations. — kommerant
- The motivation for the lawsuit was the death of the previous head of the Kalingrad 'Communists' branch, Vladimir Sultanov, on the SOV. — kommerant
- One of the contested publications involved a joint event between Yabloko's regional branch and the 'Feminitive' space, which the plaintiff claims is linked to international LGBT and satanism movements. — kommerant
- Yabloko was also removed from elections in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and Karelia. — tg_echoonline_news
- The Yabloko list in Kalingrad had 31 candidates and was registered by the regional election commission. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Ivan Bolshakov, head of Yabloko's regional list in Kalingrad, called the decision unjust and politically responsible. — fontanka
- The lawsuits filed by LDPR and 'Communists of Russia' in Sverdlovsk and Kalingrad regions were nearly identical in wording. — tg_tvrain
- The lawsuit in Yekaterinburg was filed by LDPR, but the claim was traced back to 'Communists of Russia'. — tg_istories_media
Coverage (16 sources)
- «Apple» removed from elections via court in Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk regions — Фонтанка
- «Apple» removed from elections in the regional assembly of Kaliningrad region — Коммерсантъ
- In Yekaterinburg, court removed 'Yabloko' from elections at LDPR request. Suit was dismissed against 'Communist Party of Russia', which is trying to remove 'Yabloko' in Kaliningrad region. Yekaterinburg regional court removed the party list of 'Yabloko' from regional legislative assembly elections... — Важные истории
- Apple removed from elections in Kaliningrad region — Дождь (Telegram)
- In Yekaterinburg, court removed 'Yabloko' from elections at LDPR request. Suit dismissed against 'Communist Party of Russia', which attempts to remove 'Yabloko' in Kaliningrad region — Важные истории
- Court in Pskov removed 'Yabloko' from regional Zaksobranie elections on 'Motherland's' lawsuit, reports 'Word for Protection' project. Besides... — Varlamov News
- Yekaterinburg newspaper Yekaterinburg learned details of lawsuit to remove Yabloko from Kaliningrad elections — Коммерсантъ
- List of "Yabloko" was denied registration for elections in the Pskov parliament — Коммерсантъ
- «Communists of Russia» via court demanded removal of «Yabloko» from elections in Kaliningrad region — ЭХО / Новости
- «Communists of Russia» demanded removal of «Yabloko» from elections in Kaliningrad region — SOTAvision
- «Apple» want to remove from elections in the parliament of Kaliningrad region — Коммерсантъ
- «Communists of Russia» filed a lawsuit against «Yabloko» in the Kaliningrad region — Ведомости
- «Communists of Russia» demanded removal of «Yabloko» from elections in Kaliningrad region — Дождь (Telegram)
- «Communists of Russia» demanded removal of «Yabloko» from elections in Kaliningrad region — Дождь
- Court in Pskov removed 'Yabloko' from regional Zaksobranie elections on 'Motherland's' lawsuit, reports 'Word for Protection' project. — Varlamov News
- «Communists of Russia» demanded removal of «Yabloko» list from elections in the Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad region — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
Key entities
- Apple
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Communists of Russia
- State Assembly
- Rodina
- Kaliningrad Regional Court
- LDPR
- Slovo Zashchite
- Yekaterinburg
- Pskov
- U
- Svetlana Marina
- Karelia
- Ivan Bolshakov
- Alexey Kolobov