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17:35

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.

15:49

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.

10:42

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.

16.09.2026

12:59

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.

11:28

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.

10:22

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.

15.09.2026

18:02

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.

17:52

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.

14.09.2026

19:00

Russia

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.

16:55

Tula Oblast

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.

13:52

Russia

Yabloko candidate to miss elections due to detention. How the party is being removed from State Duma and regional elections

13:26

Saint Petersburg

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.

11.09.2026

13:46

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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12:24

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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12:23

On 11 September, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court cancelled the registration of Oksana Boyarskaya as a candidate for the State Duma—she is the fourth out of five “Yabloko” single-mandate candidates in the region to be removed from the election following lawsuits from “Green” party competitors. The last remaining registered “Yabloko” candidate is lawyer Sergey Faryma; the court will also consider the issue of their removal on 11 September.

Source: 7×7—Horizontal Russia

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10.09.2026

17:25

The Kirovsky District Court in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, heard the case of Vladimir Sobyanin, a candidate for deputy from the Yabloko party, who was accused of displaying extremist symbols. He and five other candidates were detained on 7 September and taken to Police Station No. 9.

Source: It’s My City

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14:40

The Chelyabinsk Regional Court has cancelled the registration of Valentina Komkova, the Yabloko party’s candidate in the State Duma elections, following a lawsuit brought by Ilgam Gizatullin of the Green Party. Previously, the same court removed two other Yabloko candidates—Andrei Talevlin and Yaroslav Shcherbakov—from the elections.

Source: 7×7—Horizontal Russia

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14:39

Ekaterinburg city council member Konstantin Kiselev has been fined 2,000 roubles (approximately US$22) under the article on displaying prohibited symbols, due to three posts on VKontakte. The investigation was prompted by a denunciation from the “Call of the People” movement on 26 August 2026.

Source: Vecherniye Vedomosti

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13:17

In Chelyabinsk Region, a court has removed environmental activist Andrey Talevlin and the head of the local Yabloko branch, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, from the State Duma elections. The Supreme Court of Udmurtia has also revoked the registration of the head of the Yabloko branch, Iya Boronina, following a competitor’s lawsuit.

Source: 7×7—Horizontal Russia

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05.09.2026

20:36

The police have started delivering warnings to activists in the regions ahead of the elections, according to Vladimir Zhilkin, former coordinator of Golos in Tambov. Residents of Krasnodar, a major city in southern Russia, and the Moscow region have received similar documents, but the law enforcement officers are not explaining exactly what the warnings are about.

Source: 7×7—Horizontal Russia

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Voting from 18 to 20 September: A Chronicle