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LDPR opponent had tried to have his registration annulled
Press Release, 5.08.2026
Photo: Dmitry Khorzov / Photo from his Telegram channel
On 5 August, the St. Petersburg City Court dismissed a claim brought by LDPR candidate Vladimir Osmolovsky, who had sought to challenge the registration of Yabloko member Dmitry Khorzov as a candidate in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly election (for the Moskovsky district of St. Petersburg).
Photo: Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at the drawing of lots at the Central Electoral Commission on 5 August
At the drawing of lots held today, 5 August, at the Central Electoral Commission of Russia, party Chairman Nikolai Rybakov drew ball number 2. Yabloko will appear under this number on the ballot paper for the election of deputies to the 9th convocation of the State Duma.
Photo: List leaders Inna Boluchevskaya, Olga Tuzhikova and Anna Pavlova
The Yabloko party has filed an appeal against a ruling by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Karelia of 29 July, which cancelled the registration of the party’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia. The appeal has been lodged with the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg. The hearing has been scheduled for 7 August at 11:00.
Photo: St. Petersburg Yabloko delegation before submitting documents for Legislative Assembly candidates to the Electoral Commission on 9 July 2026 / Photo by the St. Petersburg branch of the party
The Yabloko party has filed a claim with the St. Petersburg City Court seeking to overturn the decision of the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission refusing to register the party’s list for the Legislative Assembly election.
Karelian Yabloko has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Karelia against the ruling of the Petrozavodsk City Court of 31 July. It should be noted that a judge of the Petrozavodsk City Court had found lawful the refusal to register Yabloko’s candidates for deputies of the 13th convocation of the Petrozavodsk City Council. The actual decision to refuse registration had been taken by Territorial Electoral Commission No. 1 on 25 July.
Photo: Dmitry Khorzov / Photo from his Telegram channel
Dmitry Khorzov, a candidate for deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, received notification from the St. Petersburg City Court on 3 August that his opponent from the pro-government LDPR party was seeking to have his election registration annulled. The territorial electoral commission had earlier “lost” the documents of Khorzov’s nomination. He proved he was in the right by presenting video footage showing him submitting a complete and correct set of documents. The missing documents were quickly found.
Photo: Grigory Yavlinsky testifying in court in defence of Lev Shlosberg / Photo by Pskov Yabloko
On Friday, 31 July, Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of Yabloko’s Federal Political Committee, testified as a defence witness in the case against Lev Shlosberg at Pskov City Court. It should be noted that hearings in the case were held daily (except at weekends) from 13 to 31 July.
Photo: Vasily Yeryomin and Tatyana Levchenko / Photo by Tomsk Yabloko
On Friday, 31 July, the leaders of Tomsk Yabloko submitted documents to the Regional Electoral Commission for verification of the party’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the Legislative Duma of the Tomsk region.
Photo: Yabloko’s delegation before submitting documents to the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission / Photo by St. Petersburg Yabloko
The Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CEC) has rejected Yabloko’s complaint against the decision by the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission to refuse registration of the party’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. The decision has just been taken.
Photo: Ivan Bolshakov with his letter to Chair of the Moscow Electoral Commission Olga Kirillova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Ivan Bolshakov, one of the leaders of Yabloko’s federal list in the State Duma election and the party’s representative at the Central Electoral Commission of Russia, has sent a request to Olga Kirillova, Chair of the Moscow Electoral Commission, demanding that she check the campaigning in Moscow by the pro-government United Russia party. Specifically, the request concerns posters for United Russia’s State Duma candidates that have not been paid for from an electoral fund and that are being placed en masse on “Chisty Gorod” (“Clean City”) noticeboards — a government housing-and-utilities project intended for notifying residents of apartment buildings.
Photo: List leaders Inna Boluchevskaya, Olga Tuzhikova and Anna Pavlova
Today, 29 July, the Supreme Court of Karelia heard an administrative claim by the regional branch of the Rodina (Motherland) party seeking to overturn the ruling of the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Karelia of 17 July, which had registered Yabloko’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the 8th convocation of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia.
Photo: Yelena Perepelitsa / Photo from her Yandex.Maps profile
Today, 29 July, the Moscow City Court rejected an appeal against the detention imposed on Yabloko member Yelena Perepelitsa in the case concerning a donation to a banned organisation.
Photo: Yabloko’s State Duma candidates and party Chair Nikolai Rybakov at the Central Electoral Commission of Russia on 29 July 2026
The Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CEC) registered Yabloko’s federal list of candidates on 29 July 2026 for the election of deputies to the 9th convocation of the State Duma. The CEC’s decision was unanimous.
Yabloko’s federal list currently has 269 candidates with seven lead candidates. A further 135 candidates have submitted documents to stand in single-mandate constituencies.
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Are there elections in Russia today that fundamentally change power? No, no such democratic institution exists in our country any more. That is how the reforms were carried out in the 1990s.
Do people in Russia have a choice today? Yes, such a choice still exists for now. Whether everything stays as it is now, or whether the country’s leadership starts seeking ways towards a ceasefire and a diplomatic process, depends on how people actually vote. It is precisely so that people can speak out in favour of such a new policy that Yabloko is taking part in the elections in September 2026.
Tomorrow, 29 July, at 11:00, the Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CEC) will consider, at its meeting, the question of registering Yabloko’s federal list of candidates for the election of deputies to the State Duma.
Photo: Nikolai Rybakov / Photo by Alexander Nemenov, AFP
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has completed its review of the complaint by Yabloko Chair Nikolai Rybakov, leaving unchanged the ruling that had found him liable under Article 20.3(1) of the Code of Administrative Offences (displaying extremist symbols). The judicial panel upheld the decisions of the lower courts, including the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg and the Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction.
Photo: Yabloko’s letter with a marking “received” by the CEC / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko submitted a complaint to the Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CEC) against the decision by the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission to refuse registration of the party’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
Photo: Kirill Goncharov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Chair of Moscow Yabloko Kirill Goncharov has sent an official request to Olga Kirillova, Chair of the Moscow Electoral Commission, regarding the procedure for voters to exercise their right to receive a paper ballot in the 2026 State Duma election, including for those who fall under the remote electronic voting (REV) system.
Photo: Yabloko representatives submitting candidates’ documents to the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission on 9 July / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The St. Petersburg Electoral Commission refused to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the election of deputies to the 8th convocation of the Legislative Assembly. The decision was taken on 24 July.
