The Central Election Commission's Double Standards: Parliamentary Parties Found to Have More Than 1,5 Billion Rubles in "Foreign" Donations
The Yabloko party discovered that parliamentary factions had received over 1,5 billion rubles in donations from donors linked to foreign funding. The Supreme Court previously disqualified the opposition list from the elections under the pretext of receiving 16,900 rubles from citizens with "foreign connections."
Rosfinmonitoring's criteria and Yabloko's position
The party believes that the electoral commission and the courts are obligated to apply the rules they create to all participants in the electoral process without exception. Therefore, the lawyers are demanding that either Yabloko's disqualification be overturned or that the funding of all other political organizations be systematically reviewed.
Either the decision regarding Yabloko must be overturned, or the state is obliged to consistently apply the criteria it created to all other election participants.
However, the main argument for excluding the party from the election campaign was the 16,900 rubles. This money came from ordinary Russians who, according to Rosfinmonitoring, had previously received funds from foreign sources.
Billions with "foreign traces" in parliamentary parties
The analysis revealed that donors to other systemic parties also regularly raise funds from abroad. Specifically, donors to parliamentary factions were found to have international corporate connections, foreign contracts, export channels, and direct cooperation with foreign clients.
Furthermore, the United Russia party has been receiving similar donations on a regular basis year after year. Assistance to United Russia has come from companies and donors directly linked to so-called "unfriendly" states—the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and even Ukraine. As a result, from 2021 to 2025, the total amount of such "questionable" donations to the ruling party amounted to 811,7 million rubles.
The removal of Yabloko and the upcoming appeal
Nevertheless, the Supreme Court disqualified the Yabloko party's federal list from the elections. The legal proceedings were based on formal accusations of copyright infringement, "extremism," and the aforementioned "foreign financing."
Consequently, the party's lawyers are now preparing to defend their position in the highest court. The court will hear the appeal against the decision to remove the list on August 17. For now, Yabloko's candidates nominated in single-mandate constituencies remain on the ballot.
