The Supreme Court received a lawsuit to cancel the registration of candidates for the State Duma from Yabloko. What is known

On August 10, the Supreme Court of Russia will consider the claim of the Rodina party to remove Yabloko from the September elections of State Duma deputies. The party's leader, Alexei Zhuravlev, said that the lawsuit is related to data on alleged violations, including the financing of political formations from Western sources. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

Rodina's claim to the Supreme Court of Russia

The Rodina party has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of Russia demanding that the Yabloko party be removed from the State Duma elections. Zhuravlev explained that this decision was related to data on alleged violations, including the financing of Yabloko from Western sources, violations of election laws and advertising, which his party had discovered. The politician stressed that Yabloko's other violations include signs of extremism, copyright violations, and statements and initiatives by party representatives, including proposals to abolish penalties for fakes about the Russian Armed Forces and statements about the need to abandon the liberation of Russian territories.

The response of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

The Supreme Court of Russia replied that on August 10 the court would consider the claim of the Rodina party for the removal of Yabloko from the September elections of deputies of the State Duma. The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 Moscow time.

The reaction of the leader of the New People party, Nechaev

The leader of the New People party, Alexei Nechaev, in a conversation with Izvestia, also commented on the claim for the removal of the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections. The politician urged to wait for the court decision.

Criticism of Yabloko from other parties

Yabloko has also been criticized by other political forces that are participating in the elections to the lower house of the Russian parliament. Thus, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said that Yabloko does not support the policy of strengthening statehood in the context of a military conflict. Sergei Mironov, the head of A Just Russia, joined the criticism, calling Yabloko a party of traitors, and Leonid Slutsky, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party, added that Yabloko's proposals to make peace with Ukraine were an attempt to repeat the scenario of the Brest Peace of 1918.