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On 26 August, the Leningrad Regional Court upheld the refusal of the electoral commission to register the Yabloko party list for the regional Legislative Assembly elections. The party announced that they intend to appeal this decision in the Second Court of Appeal for General Jurisdiction.

Source: Yabloko Press Service

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The Syktyvkar city administration approved a Communist Party (CPRF) picket for 28 August only after organisers removed the phrase “for fair elections” from the stated aims. The final wording retained support for candidate Oleg Mikhailov, the CPRF federal list, and the demand to reinstate the registration of Nikolai Bondarenko.

Source: RusNews

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Because of administrative and criminal cases, Yabloko party members are being stripped of their right to run for office. For example, the party’s chair, Nikolai Rybakov, was fined 1,500 roubles (about US$16) for a post featuring a photograph of Alexei Navalny. As a result of this administrative case, he lost his right to be elected for a year.

The party’s deputy chair, Maksim Kruglov, was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony under the article on military “fakes.” Another Yabloko deputy chair, Lev Shlosberg, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a general regime colony in a case about military “fakes” and discrediting the army.

Yabloko also reported that regional authorities tried to obstruct their preparations for the elections. Registration was denied to candidates or signatures they had collected were challenged.

On 10 August, the Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the elections following a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. The arguments were absurd—for example, alleged copyright violations because of a photograph of Hiroshima after the US bombing in 1945 and the phrase “Let there always be sunshine.”

On the day of the court hearing, about 500 people came to the Supreme Court to support Yabloko. Afterwards, four people were arrested for several days. During Yabloko’s appeal hearing on 17 August, police detained more than 85 people outside the court.

The Communist Party (CPRF) has also been subjected to pressure. The communist Nikolai Bondarenko was removed from the elections after receiving a 1,000 rouble (about US$11) fine under an article on displaying extremist symbols. The reason was a portrait of Alexei Navalny.

Under the same article, Vladimir Gudomarov, a CPRF member of the Orenburg Region Legislative Assembly, was fined 2,000 roubles (about US$22).