Russia’s only antiwar party loses three more candidates to court rulings, the latest blow before parliamentary elections
Russian courts disqualified three Yabloko party candidates running in single-mandate districts, all on the same day.
Three Yabloko party candidates are set to lose their candidacies in upcoming Russian parliamentary elections after receiving court rulings, according to recent developments. The most recent ruling came on the same day when the party's federal list was struck from the ballot on August 10. Airat Gumerbayev of Tatarstan was removed from the ballot by Tatarstan's Supreme Court over the ownership of foreign securities.
Anton Paramonov, the regional branch head of Yabloko in Tula, was disqualified by the Tula Regional Court after being sued by his rival Svetlana Bobrovskaya of the Pensioners' Party, again for holding foreign securities. Bashkortostan's Supreme Court revoked Alexey Akimenko's registration, accusing him of managing the "Podslushano Agidel" online community for allegedly hosting "extremist materials."
Yabloko, the only party fielding an antiwar platform in Russia's September elections, plans to appeal all three disqualifications.
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