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Vyacheslav Avdashev, a supporter of the Yabloko party, has been released after serving 14 days of administrative detention. He was detained on 17 August near the building of the Moscow Supreme Court, and the court sentenced him to detention under an article regarding alleged participation in a rally and obstruction of traffic (Part 6.1, Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences).

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The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan has removed Yabloko candidate Alexey Akimenko from the election following a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. The claimant alleged that a public page administered by Akimenko published hyperlinks to Meta social networks, which was interpreted as disseminating banned symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

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The Tula Regional Court on 31 August removed Anton Paramonov, leader of Tula “Yabloko,” from the State Duma elections following a lawsuit from a candidate of the “Party of the Elderly,” who pointed out that Paramonov owned foreign securities. Earlier the same day in Kazan, a major city on the Volga, a Yabloko candidate, Ayrat Gumerbayev, was removed from the elections for a similar reason.

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On 31 August, the Leningrad Regional Court allowed Ilshat Nafikov, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) candidate, to remain registered for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections in the region. His rival, Viktor Belousov, had demanded Nafikov be removed from the elections because of leaflet distribution, but the court dismissed the claim.

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The Moscow City Election Commission has banned the Moscow City Hall media outlets from broadcasting campaign videos by the Yabloko party calling for peace. According to candidate Maksim Makarov, the commission considered these videos to be in violation of electoral law.

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The Kuzminsky District Court in Moscow sentenced two young Moscow residents to 15 days’ administrative detention for petty hooliganism involving disobedience to the police (Part 2, Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, on the morning of 26 August, they tore down campaign materials from a noticeboard and ignored police demands.

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The Moscow City Court will hear the appeal in the case of Maxim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Yabloko party, behind closed doors, despite the earlier proceedings being open. Kruglov is accused of publicly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces, allegedly motivated by political hatred, because of posts about Bucha on a Telegram channel in April 2022. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

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The editorial staff of the newspaper “Na zemle Kosikhinskoy” in Altai Krai, a region in southern Siberia, refused to publish campaigning material from Pavel Kalashnik, the Yabloko party candidate, in its original form because of a slogan about “fear and political repression.” According to Kalashnik, the newspaper’s lawyers insisted on the removal of this phrase, explaining their decision by saying that “there is no place for either fear or political repression in Russia.”

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In Moscow, police officers have started visiting activists and issuing them warnings ahead of the single voting day. Activist Anatoly Roshchin said that law enforcement officers came to his home and, after he refused to provide an explanation, handed him a summons to the police station.

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Daniil Neonov, a former candidate for deputy in Moscow’s Shchukino district, has left Russia following pressure from law enforcement agencies. According to him, in July officers from Centre “E” detained him, used force and threatened him with further arrests. After he served a 10-day detention for displaying extremist symbols, he was written up under a new protocol for “LGBT propaganda.”

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A court in Perm, a major city in the Urals, has ruled that the refusal by the electoral commission to register human rights defender Alexey Ogloblin as a candidate for the city council was unlawful, and ordered the commission to reconsider his application. Previously, the electoral commission had rejected Ogloblin’s candidacy due to invalid signatures, but the court found that some of the corrections were handwriting features and did not impede the readability of the information.

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The prosecutor’s office has accused Anatoly Shkatov, a member of the Lipetsk Regional Council, and Ilya Dzezyulya, a member of the Kostroma Regional Duma, of inciting hatred towards members of United Russia due to their posts on VK (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). They face fines ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 roubles (US$110–220) or up to 15 days' detention.

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The Kaliningrad Regional Court has annulled the registration of the Yabloko party’s candidate list for the regional legislative assembly elections. Ivan Bolshakov, who heads the list, said that they will appeal the decision.

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The Yabloko party’s Sverdlovsk branch has been removed from the regional Legislative Assembly elections following a lawsuit filed by the LDPR. The claimant cited a series of violations, including exceeding campaign spending limits, using banned social networks, and accepting foreign donations.

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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.

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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.

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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).