Archive for 'Judiciary'
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 […]
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”.
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.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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.
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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Supreme Court rejects Yabloko’s appeal against refusal to register its list of candidates for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 4.09.2026 Photo: Outside the Supreme Court building / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Friday, 4 September, the Supreme Court of Russia rejected an appeal filed by St. Petersburg Yabloko against the refusal to register the party’s city-wide list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections.
Posted: September 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Two Yabloko single-mandate candidates detained in Moscow: the charges could bar them from standing in the State Duma elections
Press Release, 4.09.2026 Photo: Grigory Grishin and Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno Today, 4 September, two Yabloko candidates for the State Duma, Grigory Grishin and Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno, were detained in Moscow. Both had administrative violation reports filed against them under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols”. A finding […]
Posted: September 4th, 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 Chelyabinsk, the Greens want Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Yaroslav Shcherbakov removed over Banksy graffiti and a Sakharov quote
Press Release, 4.09.2026 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Chelyabinsk Region Court will hear a claim filed by Artem Kungurtsev, a representative of the Greens party, seeking to overturn the registration of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, leader of Chelyabinsk Yabloko, as a State Duma candidate. It should be noted that Yabloko member […]
Posted: September 4th, 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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Supreme Court refuses to consider Yabloko’s supervisory complaint against removal of the party’s federal list of candidates from State Duma elections
Press Release, 3.09.2026 Photo: Vitaly Isakov addressing the appellate panel of judges on 17 August 2026 / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to refer Yabloko’s supervisory complaint to the Supreme Court’s Presidium for consideration. The 64-page complaint had been filed the previous day, on 2 September. This […]
Posted: September 3rd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko appeals removal of its lists from Legislative Assembly elections in Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk Regions
Press Release, 2.09.2026 Photo: Roman Morozov (Kaliningrad), Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Yabloko candidate Leonid Buyny (Yekaterinburg) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 2 September, Yabloko representatives filed appeals against the court rulings that had earlier granted claims to cancel the registration of the party’s candidate lists standing for seats in the Legislative Assemblies of […]
Posted: September 2nd, 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 files supervisory complaint against removal of party’s federal list from State Duma elections
Press Release, 2.09.2026 Photo: Supreme Court of Russia / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 2 September, Yabloko has filed a supervisory complaint with the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia against the ruling of 10 August and the appellate decision of 17 August, by which the registration of the party’s federal list […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Без рубрики.
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Police interrupt Novgorod Yabloko’s officially approved ‘peace picket’, citing a ‘terrorist threat’
Press Release, 1.09.2026 Photo: Participants in the “peace picket” / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On 1 September, leaders and activists of Novgorod Yabloko held a “peace picket,” approved in advance with the Mayor’s Office, by the Central Market in Veliky Novgorod, opposite the United Russia party office. However, police interrupted the picket, citing a “terrorist […]
Posted: September 2nd, 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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Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan removes Alexei Akimenko, Yabloko member and main rival to Rodina’s party leader Zhuravlev, from State Duma elections
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Alexei Akimenko / Photo by Tatarstan Yabloko On 31 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan has removed Alexei Akimenko, a Yabloko member and main rival of the Rodina party leader Zhuravlev, from the State Duma elections. He is the third Yabloko single-mandate candidate to be removed from the […]
Posted: September 2nd, 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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Tula Region Court removes Tula Yabloko leader Anton Paramonov from State Duma elections following claim by deputy head teacher from the Party of Pensioners
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Anton Paramonov / Photo by Tula Yabloko On 31 August, the Tula Region Court has granted a claim filed by Svetlana Bobrovskaya, deputy head teacher at Educational Centre No. 41, seeking the cancellation of the registration of Yabloko candidate Anton Paramonov, who heads the party’s Tula branch, in the State Duma […]
Posted: September 2nd, 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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Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan removes Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Ayrat Gumerbaev from the elections following claim by electoral commission
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Activists of Tatarstan Yabloko (Ayrat Gumerbaev, far left) / Photo by Sofya Fyodorova On 31 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan has granted a claim filed by the Territorial Electoral Commission (TEC) for Naberezhnye Chelny Constituency No. 34, seeking the cancellation of the registration of Yabloko candidate Ayrat […]
Posted: September 2nd, 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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Maxim Kruglov: “It is a Russian tradition to hack off one of the heads of the two-headed eagle in the Russian coat of arms with a vengeance, and today we are watching exactly that”
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov addressing the Moscow City Court via video link / Photo by Irina Vorobyova During a break before the appeal panel announced its decision, those who had come to support Maxim Kruglov were let into the courtroom. He addressed those present via video link. His speech was interrupted when the […]
Posted: August 31st, 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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