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The Kaliningrad Regional Court ruled to remove the Yabloko party list from the regional legislative assembly elections. The lawsuit was filed by the local branch of the Communists of Russia. Today, the party list was removed from the Sverdlovsk legislative assembly elections following a lawsuit by the LDPR. Prior to this, Yabloko was also disqualified from participating in campaigns in several other regions and from its federal list in the State Duma elections, which will take place on September 18–20, a single voting day. RBC Channel on Max RBC app for iOS and Android

4,436 candidates have been registered for the State Duma elections, according to updated data following the withdrawal of the Yabloko party, reported Central Election Commission Chairperson Ella Pamfilova. The federal party lists include 329 candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 295 from New People, 389 from United Russia, 243 from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, and 259 from A Just Russia. The lists of the Communists of Russia also include 265 candidates, the Pensioners' Party - 254, Rodina - 295, Direct Democracy - 236, and the Greens - 251. In addition, 18,478 candidates have been registered for the elections to 39 legislative assemblies. The Supreme Court previously upheld The decision to disqualify Yabloko from the State Duma elections following a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android [in reply to: There will be no second number on the federal ballot for the State Duma elections, as the Central Election Commission excluded the Yabloko party, which was in that term, after the decision of the Appellate Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation came into force. Now there are 10 parties left on the ballot, and their numbers have not changed. Earlier, the Supreme Court upheld the decision to disqualify Yabloko from the State Duma elections following a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android]

The Kremlin is clearly alarmed by the popularity of Russia’s Yabloko party, which is running on an anti-war platform. The decision to bar the party from running on party lists, as well as the severe sentence imposed on Yabloko’s deputy chairman Lev Shlosberg, show that Russia’s leaders are afraid of the people and determined to deny them any real choice in the Duma elections.

The Central Election Commission removed Yabloko from the State Duma election ballot. The decision was based on the Supreme Court's position. Yabloko finished second on the ballot as a result of the July 30 draw. It was after this result that parliamentary opposition leaders began publicly condemning the party's anti-war stance, culminating in a lawsuit filed by the non-parliamentary Rodina party in the Supreme Court. Follow Kommersant on MAX | on Telegram

There will be no second party on the State Duma election ballot, as the Central Election Commission expelled the Yabloko party, which was in the running for the term, after the decision of the Supreme Court's Appeals Board came into force. Now there are 10 parties left on the ballot, and their numbers have not changed. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android

The Central Election Commission has excluded Yabloko from the federal ballot for the Duma elections, leaving 10 parties on it. Earlier, the Rodina party filed a lawsuit to remove the party from the elections. The Supreme Court upheld the lawsuit. The basis for the decision was, in particular, copyright violations during the election campaign and transfers of funds to the election fund from individuals who received funding from abroad. The day before, the Supreme Court upheld the decision to remove Yabloko from the State Duma elections. More IZ RU news in MAX

The Central Electoral Commission has changed the text of the federal ballot for the State Duma elections, removing the Yabloko party from the list, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

The Russian Central Election Commission has decided to remove information about Yabloko from the federal ballot for the State Duma elections.

Yabloko party founder Grigory Yavlinsky stated that the party had accomplished the main goal of its election campaign, despite being disqualified from the State Duma elections. His statement was published on the party's website. According to the politician, Yabloko managed to convey to voters a position that differs from the proposals of other campaign participants. Yavlinsky called the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify the party from the elections "unprecedented." However, Yabloko will continue to participate in the 2026 elections. 127 party candidates continue to run for the State Duma in single-mandate constituencies, and party lists have been admitted to elections to the parliaments of the Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, and Pskov regions. RBC channel on "Max" RBC app for iOS and Android [in reply to: The Supreme Court rejected Yabloko's appeal. The decision to disqualify the party from the elections remains in effect. Both the defendant and the plaintiff, the Rodina party, previously filed appeals against the decision. Yabloko told RBC that it will appeal to the Presidium of the Supreme Court in the near future. The hearing was attended by Vladimir Zaitsev, Chairman of the Appellate Board of the Supreme Court, his deputy Igor Zinchenko, and Judge Denis Tyutin. Rodina was represented by its representative, Alexei Novoselov; the Central Election Commission (CEC) was represented by commission representative Sergei Sakharov; Yabloko was represented by party chairman Nikolai Rybakov, its representatives, Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Vitaly Isakov, and lawyer Gadzhi Aliyev. RBK Channel on Max RBK app for iOS and Android]

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation will consider the issue of removing Yabloko from the ballot at its meeting on August 18 - draft agenda

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation will be obligated to consider the issue of changing the ballot after receiving a court decision to deregister the list of Yabloko candidates for the State Duma elections, Bulaev told Interfax.

The Supreme Court upheld the decision to disqualify Yabloko from the State Duma elections. The court rejected the party's appeal. According to it, the decision to disqualify Yabloko from the elections to the lower house of parliament has entered into force. On August 10, the Supreme Court upheld the administrative claim of the Rodina party and canceled the registration of Yabloko's federal list for the State Duma elections. It was established that this party conducted campaigning in violation of intellectual property laws, and funds were also deposited into its account from individuals who received money through funding from foreign states. Zvezdanews in MAX [in reply to: The Yabloko party was disqualified from the elections to the Russian State Duma. The Russian Supreme Court has upheld the Rodina party's claim. Here's the highlights: The Rodina party filed a lawsuit to deregister the federal list of candidates on Friday. Yabloko was accused of promoting LGBT* rights, extremism, inciting social discord, and violating the rules for compiling the electoral list. At the Supreme Court hearing, a Rodina representative listed materials posted on Yabloko's website and social media that violate election campaigning rules and copyright. What the Rodina representative said: Among the claims: the use of the phrase "Let there always be sunshine, let there always be mom," stills from the 1967 film "War and Peace," images of Dmitry Medvedev, Victoria Bonya, and other AI-generated materials. The party did not identify the authors of the works or cite their sources when publishing them. Also, the Yabloko website posted emblems of other parliamentary parties without the consent of the copyright holders. A number of materials in support of Yabloko were distributed by foreign agents, as well as through foreign social networks, with payment not coming from the election fund. 218 Yabloko State Duma candidates received notices of the absence of foreign assets even before the party congress, thereby violating the law at the nomination and registration stage. Yabloko's campaign expenses significantly exceed established limits for its electoral fund. Yabloko denied the accusations. * — The LGBT movement is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and is banned. Video not loading? Watch in MAX]

Russia’s Supreme Court rejects appeal by anti-war Yabloko party against election ban

#BREAKING Russia's Supreme Court rejects the appeal of the anti-war party Yabloko's against the ban on taking part in parliamentary elections next month

The Supreme Court upheld the decision to disqualify the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections. The court rejected the Yabloko party's appeal against the decision to deregister its federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections, an Izvestia correspondent reports. Earlier, the Rodina party filed a lawsuit to disqualify the party from the elections. The Supreme Court upheld the claim. The basis for the decision was, in particular, copyright violations during the election campaign and transfers of funds to the electoral fund from individuals who received funding from abroad. More IZ RU news in MAX

The Supreme Court upheld the decision to disqualify Yabloko from the State Duma elections. The court heard the party's appeal on August 17. On August 10, the Supreme Court upheld Rodina's claim to disqualify Yabloko from the elections. Rodina accused its opponents of alleged copyright infringement during campaigning, foreign financing, and extremism. The court did not find extremism in Yabloko's activities, but stated that there were violations of intellectual property laws in the financing of the election campaign and the conduct of pre-election campaigning. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android [in reply to: The Prosecutor General's Office supported the decision to disqualify Yabloko from the elections. A department representative stated at the hearing that the trial court had reached a "lawful conclusion" on the matter, a Vedomosti correspondent reported. Evaluating Rodina's appeal, the prosecutor expressed the opinion that there were no grounds for amending the reasoning. As previously reported, the party disagreed with certain arguments in the Supreme Court's decision regarding intellectual property rights violations. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android]

Russia’s Supreme Court Rejects Anti-War Party Yabloko’s Appeal Against Ban on Taking Part in Parliamentary Elections

Russia’s anti-war Yabloko party appeals against election ban, TASS reports

Russia's Supreme Court has barred Yabloko, the only registered party that explicitly calls for an end to the war with Ukraine, from the upcoming State Duma elections.

Russia's Supreme Court has barred Yabloko, the only registered party that explicitly calls for an end to the war with Ukraine, from the upcoming State Duma elections.

Russian Supreme Court orders exclusion of Yabloko, a party opposed to the invasion of Ukraine, from the lower house of parliament elections.

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections. •

As expected, Russia's Supreme Court - an arm of the Kremlin - has disqualified the anti-war party Yabloko from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, due next month. The petition was filed by a small nationalist party - one of those Putin allows to run to create a false image of pluralism - which accused the party of being an agent of the West aimed at undermining the Russian state.

The Russian Supreme Court has disqualified the Yabloko political party from the elections to the ninth State Duma, deregistering its federal list of candidates. An Izvestia correspondent reports this from the courtroom. The court granted the administrative claim to cancel the registration of the federal list of candidates nominated by the Yabloko party. Thus, the federal list of the party, previously registered by the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation, is excluded from participation in the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the 9th convocation. Elections of deputies of the State Duma of the ninth convocation will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026. More IZ RU news in MAX [in reply to: The Prosecutor General's Office has advocated for the removal of Yabloko from the State Duma elections, an Izvestia correspondent reports from the courtroom. "We believe that there are all grounds for satisfying the claim in accordance with the law, and we ask that Yabloko be removed from the State Duma elections," he said. the prosecutor during a hearing of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Among the grounds, he cited the party's receipt of foreign funding, as well as violations of legislation on combating extremism. More IZ RU news in MAX]

Russia’s General Prosecutor Office Barring of Russia’s Anti-War Yabloko Party From Taking Part in Parliamentary Election - IFX