Supreme Court Removes Yabloko from Duma Elections

Yesterday, the Supreme Court removed 'Yabloko' from the State Duma elections. We spoke with Gen Z supporters of 'Yabloko' before the court.

Consensus

The Supreme Court removed the Yabloko party from the list of candidates for the State Duma elections.
The decision was based on an appeal filed by the Rodina party.
Foreign funding of Yabloko and its associates was cited as a key reason.
The use of copyrighted material without permission, including lines from 'Pust' vsegda budet solntse' and 'Lish' by ne bylo voyny', was found to be a violation.
Campaign activities in blocked social media platforms were deemed unauthorized and not funded from the official campaign fund.
The court ruled that the use of an image created with ChatGPT constituted a violation of intellectual property rights.
The total campaign spending exceeded the legal limit of 35 million rubles, with the court citing 88 million rubles spent on advertising.

The Supreme Court confirmed the violation of the ban on receiving donations from NGOs that received foreign funding, citing a 2.8 million ruble inflow from individuals linked to foreign sources between July 9 and August 2, 2026. — kommersant
The court stated that the donations were from Russian citizens who received foreign funds, and Yabloko argued that this does not constitute foreign financing. — tg_echoonline_news
The court found 67,800 posts with campaign signs between June 27 and August 6, with 40,900 after July 29, and attributed 88 million rubles in ad spending to Yabloko. — tg_echoonline_news
The judge who presided over the case, Vyacheslav Kirillov, had previously recognized Memorial as an extremist organization. — tg_horizontal_russia
The initial appeal by Rodina included allegations of extremist calls, foreign funding, and copyright violations. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
The report mentions conversations with 'zumers' who supported Yabloko during the campaign, but provides no factual claims about the court's decision. — tg_paperpaper_ru