Russia's top court bars anti-war party from parliamentary vote
The ruling follows a Rodina lawsuit alleging undeclared foreign support and campaign-rule violations, and Yabloko says it will appeal.
- Russia's Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party on Monday from contesting September's parliamentary elections, sidelining the only officially registered party opposing the war in Ukraine.
- Judges ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by the pro-Kremlin nationalist party Rodina, which alleged Yabloko received undeclared campaign support from Western sources and violated campaigning rules.
- Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov denied the allegations during the hearing, describing the case as an unconstitutional attack on freedom of "thought", while supporters displayed apples showing their affiliation.
- By barring Yabloko, authorities have restricted the already limited space for dissent in Russian politics, removing the only registered party opposing the ongoing war in Ukraine.
- More than four years after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the ruling reflects authorities' intolerance of anti-war views and effectively clears the electoral field of rivals to the Kremlin.
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n1info.rsThe Supreme Court of Russia today banned the Yabloko opposition party, the only one opposed to the country's war against Ukraine, from participating in the parliamentary elections scheduled for September.
Russia’s top court bars liberal party from parliamentary elections
The court found that Yabloko received funds from individuals financed from abroad and violated copyright law in its campaign materials Russia’s Supreme Court has removed the liberal Yabloko party from the ballot for the parliamentary elections in September, granting a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. Registered in 2001, Yabloko is one of Russia’s oldest...
The judge who illegalized the Memorial banned Yabloko from participating in the Duma elections. The party demands an end to the war and the release of 1,750 political prisoners.
Russian court bars from parliamentary ballot the only party opposing the conflict in Ukraine - Regional Media News
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's highest court on Monday ordered the only party opposing the Kremlin's military action in Ukraine to be removed from the ballot in next month's parliamentary election. The Supreme Court annulled the registration of Yabloko - which is Russian for "apple" - after an appeal from a pro-Kremlin party. Last month, the Central Election Commission had initially allowed Yabloko on the ballot along with 10 other parties. Once a leadi…
The Kremlin does not allow the war-critical opposition party Jabloko to vote. Julia Navalnaja thinks that the Kremlin has recognized that the Russians are beginning to oppose it. Against the war and against Putin. She calls on Russia to show this at the next election - even without Jabloko.
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