Yabloko to lose its last regional seats, as a fifth region moves to keep the party off the ballot
The Pskov Regional Court struck Yabloko’s party list from the ballot for the region’s legislative elections. The court found that the seal on the authorization form the party first submitted to the election commission was missing required information.
Yabloko, a Russian political party, is set to lose its final regional seats after a fifth region moved to prevent the party from appearing on the ballot. The Pskov Regional Court invalidated Yabloko's party list for the region's legislative elections, citing a missing signature on the authorization form submitted to the election commission.
This decision follows a similar ruling by Russia's Supreme Court, which had removed Yabloko's federal list from the electoral process on August 10. The Pskov region marks the fifth instance where officials have attempted to bar Yabloko from the regional parliamentary elections, according to the party. Prior to this, Yabloko's list had been barred in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region, Karelia, and the Kaliningrad region.
Currently, Yabloko candidates are still contesting in regional elections across the Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Sverdlovsk, and Tomsk regions. However, the party retains one seat in the Pskov regional parliament, which is also the home region of the party's deputy chairman, Lev Shlosberg. Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in prison on August 17 for allegedly discrediting the army and spreading "fake news" about the military.
Despite these setbacks, Yabloko candidates remain active in regional campaigns across multiple regions.
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