Yabloko received money through third parties from US, Germany — financial watchdog

Russian Politics & Diplomacy August 10, 19:38

Among the party’s counterparties, there were individuals who made donations via Armenia and Israel

MOSCOW, August 10. /TASS/. The Yabloko party has received money through third parties from several countries, including the United States and Germany, according to Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring’s documents made public in the Supreme Court, where the Rodina party’s petition to remove Yabloko from the elections to the State Duma is being considered, a TASS correspondent reports.

"During the audit, it was established that among the individuals who financed Yabloko, there are 72 people whose accounts received money from India, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Germany between April and July 2026. It was also revealed that there were individuals who made donations via Armenia, Israel, and the United States among the party’s counterparties," the documents read.

A Yabloko representative refuted those claims.

"It’s not entirely clear who these counterparties are, why some of them, as stated in the Rosfinmonitoring report, are located in the Russian Federation and made transfers in rubles," he said.

Earlier, Rodina party chairman, State Duma deputy Alexey Zhuravlev told TASS that he had filed a petition with the Supreme Court to remove Yabloko from the State Duma elections.

As TASS found out after reviewing the materials of the lawsuit, Rodina pointed out that Yabloko exceeded the limits of election campaign financing established by law, made violations during election campaigning, including those related to copyrights, as well as circumstances that the plaintiff attributed to extremist activities.

If the petition is granted, the registration of Yabloko’s federal list will be revoked, and the party will not be able to participate in the State Duma elections in the federal electoral district. The decision will not affect the party’s candidates registered in single·member districts.

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