Supreme Court Removes Yabloko from Duma Elections
The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the decision to remove the 'Yabloko' party's federal list from the State Duma elections, citing foreign funding, copyright violations, and unauthorized use of social media for campaign promotion. The ruling followed a lengthy legal process and was accompanied by mass arrests of supporters outside the court.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the removal of Yabloko's federal list from the State Duma election.
- The decision was based on an appeal by the party 'Rodina' and was made by the Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Court.
- The ruling was issued on August 17.
- The court found evidence of foreign funding, copyright violations in campaign materials, and unauthorized use of blocked social media platforms for political promotion.
- Supporters of Yabloko gathered outside the Supreme Court building and were detained by law enforcement.
- More than 50 people were detained, with some sources reporting up to 85.
- Yabloko's leadership, including Nikolai Rybakov, criticized the decision and vowed to appeal.
- The court did not recognize the use of AI-generated images as artificial intelligence.
- The decision did not affect Yabloko's single-mandate candidates.
Points of divergence
- Our journalist was detained but is now free. — tg_sotavision
- The court did not admit the claim of extremism in Yabloko's campaign. — fontanka
- Yabloko's foreign funding was estimated at 16,900 rubles, which the party claims is less than what Rosfinmonitoring reported. — novaya_eu
- The court's decision was supported by the prosecutor and the Central Election Commission representative. — kommersant
- Over 70 people were detained and taken to four Moscow police departments. — mediazona
- The court session lasted over seven hours and rejected all Yabloko's motions. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- The court cited three specific reasons: foreign donations, copyright violations, and use of blocked social networks. — tg_echoonline_news
- Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov, who previously labeled 'Memorial' as extremist, presided over the case. — tg_horizontal_russia
Coverage (14 sources)
- The Supreme Court has finally removed 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections. What was happening around the session and why people believed... — SOTAvision
- Supreme Court approved decision to remove 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections. How it happened — Фонтанка
- Arrests, "warnings" and courts. The Supreme Court upheld the decision to remove "Yabloko" from the elections. Gathered everything that happened with the party before the appeal and during it — Новая газета Европа
- Supreme Court approved removal of the 'Yabloko' party from the State Duma elections — Коммерсантъ
- Supreme Court ruled the removal of 'Yabloko' from September Duma elections legal — Медиазона
- «Yabloko» failed to appeal removal from Duma elections. Court session was accompanied by mass detentions — Бумага
- «Apple» is removed from elections: what is happening with the campaign to the State Duma — SOTAvision
- Supreme Court revealed reasons for removal of 'Yabloko' from State Duma elections — Коммерсантъ
- The Supreme Court named three reasons why it removed the 'Yabloko' party from the elections. These are foreign donations, violation of copyright and publications in blocked social networks — ЭХО / Новости
- Supreme Court removed the 'Yabloko' list from the State Duma elections. Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov (who also recognized 'Memorial' as an extremist organization) satisfied the lawsuit filed by the 'Rodina' party to cancel the registration of the federal 'Yabloko' list for the State Duma elections. — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- Apple received a reasoned decision from the Supreme Court on removal from elections — Коммерсантъ
- Supreme Court removed the "Yabloko" party from elections #Yabloko_sud Suit requesting to disqualify competitors from elections in the State Duma was filed on Friday by representatives of "Motherland". Among the claims are calls for "extremism", foreign funding and violation of copyright... — Говорит НеМосква
- Yesterday the Supreme Court removed 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections Before the court we talked with Gen Z who supported 'Yabloko'... — Бумага
- Yesterday the Supreme Court removed "Yabloko" from the Duma elections — Бумага
Key entities
- Apple
- State Duma
- Supreme Court
- Rodina
- VS
- Appellate Collegium
- U
- Memorial
- Sotavision
- Vyacheslav Kirillov
- Central Election Commission
- State Duma
- TASS
- Artem Vazhenkov
- Ekaterina Beliankina