Press Release, 31.07.2024

Photo: Maxim Kruglov with his group of support outside the Moscow City Court on 31 July, 2024 / Photo from Maxim Kruglov’s social media

The Moscow City Court refused to register Yabloko candidate and current City Duma deputy Maxim Kruglov for the elections at its hearing on 31 July. Maxim Kruglov’s team is considering appealing the Moscow City Court’s decision.

“The decision is absolutely political – in the opinion of the authorities, there can be no real competition and real representation in these elections,” Kruglov commented.

It should be noted that the current deputy of the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov, is challenging in court the refusal of the electoral commission to register him for the Moscow City Duma elections in electoral district No. 13. According to the final protocol of the verification of 5,664 signatures, 1,037 signatures were declared invalid. At the same time, the electoral commission refused to consider the candidate’s written objections to the working group’s decision, and also did not provide the candidate with copies of official documents according to which the signatures were recognised as invalid.

Maxim Kruglov, like other Yabloko candidates in elections at various levels, is conducting his election campaign under the slogan “For Peace and Freedom! For a ceasefire agreement!”.

MAXIM KRUGLOV

is a Deputy Chairman of Yabloko,

a member of the Federal Bureau of the Party,

Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko,

head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma,

Candidate of Political Sciences.