Russian antiwar party Yabloko removed from Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk region elections in latest wave of court rulings
A court in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region has sided with LDPR in a lawsuit, revoking Yabloko’s list for the region’s legislative assembly election, Yabloko’s press service said on August 28.
A recent court ruling in Kaliningrad has stripped the antiwar party Yabloko of its place on the ballot for the region's upcoming elections. The decision was announced by the news agency Slovo Zashchita on August 28. In Sverdlovsk region, Yabloko was similarly removed from the electoral roll by a court after facing a legal challenge from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).
LDPR's grievances included violations of social media usage policies, intellectual property rights, and improper allocation of campaign funds. The party's founder, Grigory Yavlinsky, had included lyrics from a copyrighted song in an interview, which the court deemed a breach of copyright law. Despite these setbacks, Yabloko's press service claimed that the party would still participate in 18 single-seat district elections within Sverdlovsk region.
Yabloko's registration for regional parliament elections in Pskov and Karelia was previously invalidated by Russian courts. In addition, election commissions in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region declined to register Yabloko's electoral lists. Earlier this month, the Russian Supreme Court also struck Yabloko's federal list from the upcoming State Duma elections slated for September.
The decision stemmed from a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party, which accused Yabloko of copyright infringement and unauthorized payments for campaign advertising.
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