Russia’s Central Election Commission removes anti-war Yabloko party from the ballot. The ballot now jumps from No. 1 (United Russia) to No. 3 (LDPR).
Russia’s Central Election Commission has removed the Yabloko party from ballots for the election to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
The Russian Central Election Commission has excluded the anti-war Yabloko party from the upcoming State Duma election ballot, according to Interfax. Yabloko had been assigned ballot line No. 2, situated immediately after United Russia. With this line now removed, No. 1 directly precedes line No. 3, which is the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).
Commission Secretary Natalya Budarina announced the removal, stating that the sequence of other lines remains unaltered. Yabloko was the sole party campaigning on an antiwar platform for the election. The Supreme Court ruled against Yabloko on August 10, following a lawsuit filed by the "Rodina" party alleging copyright infringement and the use of extremist slogans in Yabloko's campaign materials.
The court upheld this decision on August 17, leading to the exclusion of Yabloko from the ballot. On the day of the Supreme Court's appeal hearing, between 70 and 85 individuals were detained by police in central Moscow.
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