| The Supreme Court on 27 September began hearing an appeal
from Yabloko and the Communist Party seeking to invalidate the results
of the 7 December 2003 parliamentary elections, Ekho Moskvy and other Russian
media reported. The suit charges that the Central Election Commission (TsIK)
did not ensure equal participation for all parties in those elections and
that it allowed the pro-Kremlin United Russia party to exploit state resources,
especially state-controlled national television, Yabloko Deputy Chairman
Sergei Mitrokhin told the
radio station. It also alleges irregularities in the counting of the ballots.
Mitrokhin admitted that it is highly unlikely that the elections will be
invalidated, but said a judicial examination of the campaign "will
be very useful for making our election system more honest, transparent,
objective, and fair."
See also:
State Duma elections
2003
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Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty, September 27, 2004
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