Court removes Yabloko’s Smolensk candidate Larisa Dolzhikova from State Duma elections
Press Release, 11.09.2026
Photo: Larisa Dolzhikova’s campaign poster / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Smolensk Regional Court has annulled the registration of Yabloko candidate Larisa Dolzhikova, who was standing in the State Duma elections in the Smolensk single-mandate constituency No. 176. The claim to remove Dolzhikova was filed by Darya Shavrikova, another candidate in the constituency, representing the Greens.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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All five Yabloko single-mandate candidates for the State Duma removed from elections in the Chelyabinsk Region
Press Release, 11.09.2026
Photo: From left, State Duma candidates Oksana Boyarskaya, Valentina Komkova, Andrei Talevlin and Sergei Faryma. Yaroslav Shcherbakov is at the microphone. Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov meeting with voters in Chelyabinsk, 5 September 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Over the course of several days, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court annulled the registration of all five Yabloko candidates for the State Duma who had been nominated in the region’s single-mandate constituencies. The claims were filed by candidates from the Greens party; in four of the proceedings they were represented by Ilya Khabin, a lawyer from United Russia. Among the allegations levelled at the candidates were a work by Banksy, a quotation from Sakharov, a blue paper bird, an unidentified male voice in a video, and the hashtag #SwanLake.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Tomsk Regional Court removes Yabloko’s list from Legislative Duma elections
Press Release, 11.09.2026
Photo: A billboard bearing Yabloko’s campaign slogan on the streets of Tomsk / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, 11 September, the Tomsk Regional Court granted the LDPR’s claim and annulled the registration of Yabloko’s list for the elections of deputies to the Tomsk Region Legislative Duma.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Appeal court upholds removal of Yabloko’s list from Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly elections, but 18 single-mandate candidates continue their campaign
Press Release, 11.09.2026
Photo: List leaders — Konstantin Kiselyov, Tatyana Gorshkaleva, and Alexei Kholodarev
The Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg has upheld the ruling of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court annulling the registration of Yabloko’s list for the elections of deputies to the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court removes both Yabloko candidates in Chuvashia from State Duma elections
Press Release, 10.09.2026
Photo: Vladislav Arkadyev and Viktor Stenshin
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia has annulled the registration of both Yabloko candidates for the State Duma in Chuvashia — the Chairman of the regional party branch, Vladislav Arkadyev, and a member of the Bureau of Yabloko in Chuvashia, Viktor Stenshin.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court removes Chair of Yabloko in Udmurtia Iya Boronina from State Duma elections. She learned of this after a call from the appellate court
Press Release, 10.09.2026
Photo: Iya Boronina / Photo from a personal archive
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Udmurtia has annulled the registration of the Chair of the Yabloko regional branch in Udmurtia, Iya Boronina, a candidate for deputy of the State Duma in the Izhevsk single-mandate constituency No. 39.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Electoral commission annuls registration of Yabloko list leader Anna Cherepanova for elections to the Novgorod Region Duma
Press Release, 10.09.2026
Photo: Anna Cherepanova and Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov at a meeting with voters in Novgorod on 8 September 2026/ Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 9 September, the Novgorod Region Electoral Commission annulled the registration of Anna Cherepanova — Deputy Chairperson of Yabloko, leader of the party’s list for the elections to the Novgorod Region Duma, a deputy of the Veliky Novgorod Duma, and Chair of Novgorod Yabloko.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko sets out voting guidance for 20 September elections – Plan B
Press Release, 9.09.2026
Ahead of Russia’s 20 September elections, Yabloko has issued guidance to its supporters under the name “Plan B” — a call to vote as a matter of conscience, civil responsibility and desire for peace.
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Posted: September 11th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Political Parties, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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On the final day for filing claims, new demands arrive at courts to remove Yabloko candidates from the elections
Press Release, 9.09.2026
Photo by Maria Letova, Kommersant
9 September is the last day on which parties and candidates may apply to the courts to have their rivals’ registration in the State Duma elections revoked. On this day, there were reported new court proceedings against Yabloko candidates in several Russian regions. Hearings on claims already filed will continue over the following days.
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Posted: September 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Attempt to remove Yabloko’s Tomsk Region list on the same grounds as the federal list at the Supreme Court
Press Release, 9.09.2026
Photo: A Yabloko campaign billboard in Tomsk / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Tomsk Regional Court will hear a claim brought by LDPR seeking to revoke the registration of Yabloko’s list for the elections to the Tomsk Region Legislative Duma. The Tomsk Region is one of only two regions where Yabloko’s list is still taking part in regional elections.
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Posted: September 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Two Yabloko candidates held liable for “displaying extremist symbols”: Alexander Kudelkin arrested, Shana Ogney fined
Press Release, 9.09.2026
Photo: Alexander Kudelkin in the courtroom / Video screenshot
The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg has sentenced Alexander Kudelkin, Yabloko’s candidate for the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly, to ten days’ administrative detention under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols”.
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Posted: September 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Moscow Region Court removes Sergei Kryzhov, leader of Moscow Region Yabloko, from the State Duma elections. Ruling on another Moscow Region candidate still unknown
Press Release, 9.09.2026
Photo: Sergei Kryzhov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Today, 9 September, the Moscow Region Court revoked the registration of Sergei Kryzhov, leader of Moscow Region Yabloko, as the party’s candidate in the State Duma elections for the Sergiyev Posad single-mandate constituency in the Moscow Region.
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Posted: September 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidates for the Kaliningrad Region Legislative Assembly threatened with death unless the party withdraws them from the elections
Press Release, 9.09.2026
Photo: Roman Morozov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
Yabloko representatives in the Kaliningrad Region have received messages threatening the party’s candidates for the regional Legislative Assembly, Roman Morozov and Dmitry Mamayev.
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Posted: September 10th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko candidate Alexander Muravyev removed from the elections over the slogan ‘For a Free Internet Without Blocking
Press Release, 8.09.2026
Photo: Alexander Muravyev / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Moscow Region Court has revoked the registration of Alexander Muravyev, Yabloko’s candidate for the State Duma for Lyubertsy single-mandate constituency No. 122. He became the fourth Yabloko single-mandate candidate removed from the elections in a single day, on 8 September, and the seventh party single-mandate candidate to have his registration revoked in recent days.
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Posted: September 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In a single day, court removes third Yabloko State Duma candidate — Yuri Vaskin, from the Moscow Region
Press Release, 8.09.2026
Photo: Yuri Vaskin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
On 8 September, the Moscow Region Court revoked the registration of Yuri Vaskin, Yabloko’s candidate for the State Duma for Odintsovo single-mandate constituency No. 124 (Moscow Region). He became the third party candidate removed from the elections that day, and the sixth Yabloko single-mandate candidate to have his registration revoked in recent days.
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Posted: September 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Court removes Yabloko candidate Dmitry Smirnov from the State Duma elections over a photograph of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister
Press Release, 8.09.2026
Photo: Dmitry Smirnov / Photo from a personal archive
On 8 September, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court granted a claim filed by Alexei Rizovatov, a candidate from the Party of Pensioners, and revoked the registration of Dmitry Smirnov, Yabloko’s candidate for Avtozavodsky single-mandate constituency No. 133. The court’s ruling will be appealed. A few hours after the hearing, Smirnov received a text message notifying him of another hearing — on an administrative case under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols” — 33 minutes before it was due to start.
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Posted: September 9th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court removes Yaroslav Shcherbakov from the State Duma elections following a claim by the Greens — over a Banksy graffiti and a Sakharov quote
Press Release, 8.09.2026
Photo: Central Electoral Commission Chair Ella Pamfilova presents Yaroslav Shcherbakov with his certificate as a State Duma candidate, 29 July 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
The Chelyabinsk Region Court has granted a claim filed by Artyom Kungurtsev, a candidate from the Greens party, and has revoked the registration of Yabloko candidate Yaroslav Shcherbakov in the State Duma elections for the Chelyabinsk single-mandate constituency.
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Posted: September 8th, 2026 under Без рубрики.
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Six Yabloko candidates detained in a single day in the Sverdlovsk Region
Press Release, 8.09.2026
Photo: Top row: Konstantin Kiselyov, and Shana Ogney, Vladimir Sobyanin. Bottom row: Alexander Kudelkin, Alexei Kholodaryov, and Vladimir Sevostyanov
UPD 8 September at 12:40 (Moscow time): information added on the charge brought against Alexei Kholodaryov.
On 7 September, police in the Sverdlovsk Region detained six Yabloko candidates for the State Duma and the region’s Legislative Assembly. Reports were filed against them under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols”. An administrative liability under this article carries the loss of the right to be elected for one year.
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Posted: September 8th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Administrative offence report drawn up against Yabloko State Duma candidate Konstantin Kiselyov for “displaying extremist symbols” which entails the loss of the right to stand for election for one year
Press Release, 7.09.2026
Photo: Konstantin Kiselyov outside a police station / Photo by Sverdlovsk region Yabloko
On 7 September, police in Yekaterinburg detained Konstantin Kiselyov, leader of the Yabloko faction in the Yekaterinburg City Duma and the party’s candidate for State Duma deputy in Central single-mandate constituency No. 169. An administrative offence report was drawn up against him under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols”. After the report was drawn up, the politician was released from the police station.
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Posted: September 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Protest against judicial arbitrariness targeting Yabloko Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova
Press Release, 6.09.2026
Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s campaign leaflets “For Peace and Freedom” / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko
On 5 September 2026, the Bureau of Novgorod Yabloko lodged a protest against the judicial arbitrariness directed at the party’s Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova and the unlawful attempts to remove her from the elections.
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Posted: September 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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