MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. The Yabloko party has received a reasoned decision of the Supreme Court to withdraw from the elections to the State Duma on the claim of the Rodina party, a participant in the process told TASS.
"The representatives of the party received a reasoned decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation," the participant said. He added that lawyers are now reviewing the documents and will file an appeal in the coming days.
The Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the polls on August 10.
The court session lasted more than nine hours. If the decision comes into force, Yabloko will not be able to participate in the elections to the State Duma. The party will also be deprived of the right to free and paid airtime on federal state TV channels and radio stations, including participation in TV debates. In addition, the party will lose the right to campaign in support of the cancelled list, to produce and distribute campaign materials.
Financial transactions on the special election account of the party will also be terminated, with the exception of settlements on previous obligations and the return of unspent funds. Yabloko will also lose the right to have proxies and authorized representatives on financial matters acting in the interests of the federal list.
At the same time, such restrictions will apply only to Yabloko as a participant in the elections in the federal electoral district and will not affect the party's candidates registered in single-mandate districts. Single-mandate candidates will be able to continue campaigning, manage their own election funds, use free airtime and print space, as well as participate in debates in regional state media in their districts.
About the Rodina party claim
On August 7, Rodina Party Chairman, State Duma deputy Alexey Zhuravlyov told TASS that he had filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to remove Yabloko from the elections.
As TASS found out from 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.