Russia’s Supreme Court disqualified the only antiwar party over copyright, campaign financing, and a picture from ChatGPT — without ever ruling on whether calls for peace are extremism
On August 10, Russia’s Supreme Court barred Yabloko — the only party in the race campaigning for peace with Ukraine — from the State Duma elections. The formal pretext was a lawsuit from the Rodina party, which accused Yabloko of numerous violations of election law: copyright infringement, incitement to extremism, and “gray-area” campaigning. It was unclear which of those claims the Supreme Court…
On August 10, 2026, Russia's Supreme Court disqualified Yabloko, the sole antiwar party in the upcoming State Duma elections, citing copyright infringement, campaign financing violations, and alleged extremism. The court's decision did not explicitly state whether calls for peace constitute extremism. Yabloko's leader, Nikolai Rybakov, stated that they would appeal the ruling.
The court accepted Rodina party's claims of copyright infringement, found Yabloko used copyrighted material without permission, and agreed that the party's logo resembled El Lissitzky's poster. However, the court dismissed the claims of extremist views and the alleged violation of campaign financing rules, reasoning that the evidence was inadequate.
The court also found that Yabloko did not pay for posts on banned social networks from their campaign fund.
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