Hundreds of people gathered in Moscow near the Supreme Court, which is considering removing "Yabloko" from the elections
This "permitted opposition" party is the only one opposing the war.
About half a thousand people, mostly young people, gathered near the court building in Moscow to support the anti-war party.
The only party with an anti-war stance allowed to participate in the elections to the Russian State Duma is being attempted to be removed from participation through the Russian Supreme Court. The lawsuit to cancel the registration of the federal list of "Yabloko" was filed by the pro-Kremlin party "Rodina" (Motherland), accusing competitors of violating electoral and copyright law.
The reason for the court case was Rodina's lawsuit with accusations of copyright infringement: "Yabloko" allegedly places advertisements on social networks banned in Russia and violates copyrights when using songs and texts. Also, among other things, due to a photo of the Hiroshima bombing from the US Library of Congress, quotes in Yavlinsky's interview, and frames from the film "War and Peace," writes "Meduza."
The chairman of "Yabloko," Nikolai Rybakov, stated in court that the opponents have reached absurdity and are trying to blame the party for the very fact of criticizing the authorities and the slogan "For Peace and Change."
Most of the hundreds of supporters could not get into the courtroom and are following the process outside.
The head of the Russian Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, urged not to send ballots with the list of registered parties to print yet, as they might be changed: "Don't rush, by no means send anything to the printing houses, we are checking, there might be some adjustments," Pamfilova said at a commission meeting.
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