EU imposes sanctions against 10 judges and prosecutors for not allowing Yabloko to vote // EU imposes sanctions against 10 Russian judges and prosecutors

The EU Council has imposed sanctions against 10 Russian judges and prosecutors who did not allow Yabloko candidates before the State Duma elections. This decision prevented the holding of fair and free elections in Russia.

The sanctions list included Supreme Court judges Vyacheslav Kirillov, Igor Zinchenko and Denis Tyutin. On August 10, they satisfied the claim of the Rodina party to cancel the registration of Yabloko in the elections. The restrictions also included prosecutor Ilya Rusakov and the head of the legal department of the CEC Sergey Sakharov, who “supported the lawsuit” and the withdrawal of the party from the elections, the document says.

In addition, under the restrictions were the judge of the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow Elina Babayanets and prosecutor Yulia Guznyaeva, who made a decision in the case of one of the leaders of “Yabloko” – Maxim Kruglov. The list includes the judge of the Vyborg court of St. Petersburg Elizaveta Truskalenko, who imposed a fine on the chairman of the party Nikolai Rybakov for publishing a photo of Alexei Navalny (inscribed in the register of extremists and terrorists). As stated in the document of the EU Council, because of this decision, Mr. Rybakov actually lost the opportunity to stand for election.

Restrictions were imposed against the judge of the Pskov city court Victoria Malyamova, who sentenced the Deputy Chairman of “Yabloko” Lev Shlosberg (recognized as a foreign agent) to 11 years in prison in the case of discrediting the Russian army. The list includes prosecutor Anna Goryacheva, who requested 12 years in prison for him.

All 10 persons are subject to an asset freeze. In the EU, they are prohibited from providing funds, financial assets or economic resources.