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In Karachay-Cherkessia, a region in the North Caucasus, Yabloko State Duma candidate Akhmed Abazov withdrew from the election after threats were made against him and his family. As reported by RusNews, Abazov left the region with his family and appealed to the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office.

In the Rostov region, security officers in balaclavas took away Boris Miklyukov, an observer from Yabloko, from a polling station. According to the party’s press service, he was taken to Rostov-on-Don, and there is currently no contact with him.

The information about a criminal case against State Duma candidate Vadim Laptev was not confirmed, the Yabloko press service clarified. Instead, administrative reports were filed against him and the regional branch accountant, Ekaterina Tomilova, because of campaign leaflets.

A criminal case has been initiated in Arkhangelsk Region over campaign leaflets distributed by Vadim Laptev, the Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, reports the party’s press service.

In Kostroma, a city northeast of Moscow, Yabloko candidate Andrey Tarasov spread out his banners in the square because the authorities did not allow them to be hung on billboards. The police issued him a warning about the “inadmissibility of unlawful actions,” writes RusNews.

Several Yabloko election commission members in St Petersburg were summoned to the military enlistment office on the first day of voting, reports Fontanka. The summonses were delivered via the Gosuslugi portal.

About 100 observers representing the Yabloko candidate Sergei Mitrokhin were not allowed to participate in the elections in Moscow, the party’s press service reported. Territorial election commissions pointed out errors in the lists only after the deadline for their submission, even though the documents had previously been accepted.

The Murmansk electoral commission has banned the Yabloko candidate Igor Khomechko from distributing a campaign video because the name “Alfa-Bank” appears on a utility bill receipt, reports “7×7.” The commission deemed this a copyright infringement.

Russians abroad have begun to face restrictions on access to online voting systems for the State Duma elections, reports The Bell. From abroad, the DEG pages may not load or logging in via “Gosuslugi” may not work.

In the Tula region, two election commissions have been closed due to reports of bomb threats. Yabloko candidate Kira Kalinicheva is unable to submit lists of observers there on the last day for document submission, reports the party’s press service.

In St Petersburg, an election advert for Yabloko candidate Dmitry Khorzov with anti-war slogans was taken down early from the media facade of the ‘Lider’ tower. RusNews reports.

The Second Court of Appeal in St Petersburg upheld the decision to exclude the Yabloko party list from the elections to the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Region. According to the court, the grounds for removal were violations of exclusive rights and campaigning on blocked social networks, as insisted upon by the LDPR party.

Source: Vecherniye Vedomosti

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Police visited Nelli Vavilina, a candidate for the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly, after she published a post criticising Governor Alexander Beglov. Vavilina was summoned to the police station and informed that plans were underway to draw up a protocol against her for displaying banned symbols (part 1, article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

Source: RusNews

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