Russia’s only antiwar party just lost another State Duma candidate
The Moscow Regional Court has removed Viktor Bystrov, a Yabloko candidate, from the race for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, according to his lawyer, Alexander Muravyov. Bystrov was running in the Kolomna single-mandate district in the Moscow region.
The Moscow Regional Court has disqualified Viktor Bystrov, a candidate for the antiwar party Yabloko, from the upcoming State Duma election. Bystrov was running in the Kolomna district of Moscow region when he was removed by the court. The decision came after a lawsuit from Dmitry Gelevera, a rival candidate from the Green Party.
The court ruled that errors in Bystrov's registration documents, which led to his disqualification, were due to a glitch in a Central Election Commission program that automatically generates the forms. Bystrov's legal team argued that the errors were due to technical issues within the program, but the court disagreed. Gelevera also accused Bystrov of copyright infringement in campaign materials, spreading extremism, and accepting foreign funding, but the court dismissed these claims as well.
Despite these setbacks, Yabloko remains the only political party advocating for an antiwar stance in the State Duma race. The party's candidates are contesting in 126 of the 225 single-mandate districts.
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