Supreme Court finds Yabloko received about $36,000 from abroad

TASS · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 12, 2026 · 246 words

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What to know about Supreme Court finds Yabloko received about $36,000 from abroad

The Russian Supreme Court has removed the Yabloko party from the State Duma elections after finding that the party received funding from foreign sources. The court's decision, prompted by a request from the Rodina party, also strips Yabloko of its rights to campaign and access state media airtime.

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What happened

The Supreme Court has discovered that the Yabloko party, after registering for the State Duma elections, received about three million rubles ($36,000) for its political activities from counterparties from abroad, according to the court's decision to remove…

Why it matters

"According to a secret certificate from Rosfinmonitoring, donations from the party's counterparties, who received funding from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and a number of other countries in the amount of…

Common ground

It notes that a total of 74 individuals were identified among the contractors of the Yabloko party, whose accounts received about 80 million rubles ($966,000) from 310 foreign individuals, including people from Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom and Turkey…

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that a total of 74 individuals were identified among the contractors of the Yabloko party, whose accounts received about 80 million rubles ($966,000) from 310 foreign individuals, including people from Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom and Turkey from April 2023 to August 2026?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a total of 74 individuals were identified among the contractors of the Yabloko party, whose accounts received about 80 million rubles ($966,000) from 310 foreign individuals, including people from Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom and Turkey from April 2023 to August 2026”

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While there is evidence of Yabloko being barred from elections, the specific details regarding 74 individuals, 80 million rubles, 310 foreign individuals, and the date range (April 2023 to August 2026) are not present in the provided evidence. The provided search results for this claim discuss unrelated topics like metro contractors and volcanic eruptions.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions (Icelandic: Eldgosin við Sundhnúksgíga 2023–2025) are a series of volcanic eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, near the town of Grindavík, Iceland. Nine eruptions …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2025_Sundhnúkur_eruptions

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, romanized: Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-74

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web search NEUTRAL — Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov outside Russia's supreme court on 10 August. On the same day, the party’s deputy chairman, Lev Shlosberg, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on a charge of "discr…
https://www.rte.ie/news/clarity/2026/0830/1589478-russia-ele…

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Claim 2: “On August 10, the Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the elections to the State Duma at the request of the Rodina party.”

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Multiple independent sources (India Today, Meduza, and the Yabloko party's own site) confirm that the Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the elections following a suit/request brought by the Rodina party. One source specifically mentions the date August 10.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The High Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation (also translated as the Supreme Court of Arbitration or the Higher Arbitration Court; Russian: Высший Арбитражный суд Российской Федерации) was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Arbitration_of_R…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: Верховный суд Российской Федерации, romanized: Verkhovny sud Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a court within the judiciary of Russia and the court of las…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_court

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Claim 3: “donations from the party's counterparties, who received funding from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and a number of other countries in the amount of 2.8 million rubles, were received on Yabloko's account from July 9 to August 2”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the party received donations from counterparties funded by the USA, UK, UAE, Israel, and other countries between July 9 and August 2.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2011–2013 Russian protests, which some English language media referred to as the Snow Revolution (Russian: Снежная революция, romanised: Snezhnaya revolyutsiya), began in 2011 (as protests against…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–2013_Russian_protests

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Arkadyevich Kobrinsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Арка́дьевич Ко́бринский, born March 20, 1967) is a Russian literary critic, opposition politician and lawyer. Doctor of Philology, professor. Ex-d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kobrinsky

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Borisovich Brilyov or Brilev (Russian: Сергей Борисович Брилёв; born 12 July 1972) is a Russian television journalist on the state-owned TV channel Rossiya.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brilyov

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Claim 4: “The court session lasted more than nine hours.”

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Although the removal of the party from the elections is well-documented in the evidence, none of the provided sources mention the specific duration of the court session (nine hours).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emilia Edgardovna Slabunova (Russian: Эмилия Эдгардовна Слабунова; born 7 October 1958) is a Russian politician. She was leader of Yabloko party from 2015 to 2019 and a member of the Legislative Assem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Slabunova

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nikolay Igorevich Rybakov (Russian: Николай Игоревич Рыбаков; born 24 December 1978) is a Russian public and political figure, leader of the Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" since 2019, execu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Rybakov

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko; Russian: Российская объединённая демократическая партия «Яблоко», romanized: Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko", …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabloko

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Claim 5: “The Supreme Court has discovered that the Yabloko party, after registering for the State Duma elections, received about three million rubles ($36,000) for its political activities from counterparties from abroad”

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Two independent web search results (TASS and another source) explicitly state that the Supreme Court discovered the Yabloko party received about three million rubles ($36,000) from foreign counterparties after registering for the State Duma elections.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled be held in Russia in 18–20 September 2026. At stake are 450 seats in the State Duma of the 9th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Going into the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Russian_legislative_elect…

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