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Articles with tag "Yabloko"

St. Petersburg Court Fines Yabloko Leader $12 for Writing Peace Slogans on Ballot

Rybakov had written four party slogans on his ballots: “For Peace,” “For Freedom,” “For a Life Without Fear” and “For a Ceasefire Agreement...

Russian Liberal Politician Jailed for 4 Years Over Donation to Navalny Group

Elena Perepelitsa is the third Yabloko member to be jailed in less than four months.
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Yabloko Leader Demands Investigation After Political Analyst Was Reportedly Tortured During Arrest

Rights groups have said that Alexander Kynev was hospitalized at a medical facility inside a Moscow detention center for bone fractures and other injuries...
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EU Sanctions Russian Officials Involved in Crackdown Against Yabloko

Among the targeted officials is a Russian Supreme Court judge who ruled last month to bar Yabloko’s federal party list from State Duma elections.
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On TikTok, Russia's Political Parties Court Voters Who Grew Up Under Putin

Party youth wings are appealing to younger voters with memes and anti-establishment rhetoric — while strictly staying within the Kremlin’s political...
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‘Bad to the Bone’: How Russia Purged Opposition Candidates From the Ballot

Anything from using American songs to mentioning Alexei Navalny can lead to an opposition candidate being barred from the race.
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News Analysis

Russians Prepare for an Election With Less Choice Than Ever

Even with an all-but-guaranteed majority for United Russia, experts say the vote remains an important gauge of public sentiment.
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Yabloko Leader Slams Exiled Opposition’s Voting Strategy

Party chairman Nikolai Rybakov accused the exiled opposition of “manipulating” Russian voters from abroad.
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Yabloko List Candidates Disqualified in Tomsk Regional Elections

Seven Yabloko candidates running in single-member constituencies in Tomsk remain on the ballot despite the court ruling.
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Leader of Yabloko’s Sverdlovsk Region Branch Left Russia, Reports Say

Maxim Petlin told Russian media that his lawyer advised him not to comment on reports of his departure “for the safety of my family and myself.”
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Moscow Police Detain Yabloko Candidates Running in State Duma Elections

At least three members of Russia’s oldest liberal party have been detained in the capital in recent days.
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Sverdlovsk Region Court Bars Yabloko From Regional Assembly Race

Sverdlovsk is the fifth region where Yabloko has had its list of candidates barred from running in the regional assembly races in September.
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Pskov Court Bars Yabloko From Regional Assembly Race

The regional ban follows Russia’s Supreme Court ruling last week to reject Yabloko’s final appeal against a nationwide ban barring its candidate list...
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Russian Supreme Court Rejects Yabloko’s Appeal Over Candidate List Ban

The high court upheld its earlier ruling that the pro-peace party had made copyright violations and broken campaign finance laws.
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opinion Kateryna Shenheliia

What Did Russia’s Opposition Do When Yabloko Was Thrown Off the Ballot? Keep Fighting Itself.

The exclusion of the anti-war Yabloko party from State Duma elections has become yet another catalyst for infighting among Russia's opposition.
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Yabloko Appeals Russian Supreme Court Ruling Barring It From State Duma Elections

Party chairman Nikolai Rybakov vowed that “Yabloko will be on the ballot” in next month’s State Duma elections.
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State Prosecutors Seek 12-Year Prison Sentence for Lev Shlosberg

The veteran opposition politician is accused of “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian armed forces.
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Russian Supreme Court Bars Yabloko Party From State Duma Elections

The ruling removes the only registered party campaigning on a pro-peace platform from the nationwide party-list ballot.
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Nationalist Rodina Party Sues to Disqualify Yabloko From State Duma Elections

Rodina leader Alexei Zhuravlyov accused Yabloko members of being traitors “who work for the West” and claimed his party had uncovered financial violations...
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Central Election Commission Bars Yabloko Candidates From St. Petersburg Ballot

Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov accused election officials of systematically targeting the party because it “opposes the authorities and defends residents...
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