The Ministry of Justice suspended the registration of the PARNAS party due to “technical shortcomings”

The Ministry of Justice has suspended state registration of the PARNAS party until September 2021. The reason was “technical shortcomings” in the documentation. This was reported on the party's website.

In their statement, party members indicated that immediately after the Central Election Commission approved the list of parties for the State Duma elections, the Ministry of Justice notified PARNAS that registration was suspended for a period of 3 months.

According to the party, “the temporary suspension of the state registration of the party is a new instrument of illegal restriction of the electoral and political rights of citizens, which became part of the campaign to completely clear the electoral field of political forces who disagree and are disloyal to the current government.”

14:35 According to Open Media, the Ministry of Justice’s claims against the PARNAS party are related to cooperation with Open Russia and FBK.

• Russian authorities announced the holding of almost nine thousand election campaigns at various levels on a single voting day on September 19, 2021. On this day, elections of State Duma deputies, regional governors, deputies of legislative assemblies and city parliaments will take place. Opposition candidates and members of their campaign headquarters throughout Russia face pressure: detentions , visits by security forces to headquarters , searches ,attacks by vandals , etc.
• On May 26, 2021, the State Duma in the third readingadopted a bill banning the election of people involved in extremist organizations. The restriction on elections at all levels is set for five years for the founders and leaders of such organizations, and for participants and persons involved in its work - for three years. Involvement will be considered “statements in support of or transfer of money to an extremist organization or its event, as well as organizational, advisory or other assistance.” On June 2, the Federation Council approved the bill, and on June 4, Vladimir Putin signed it.
• On June 9, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation, the headquarters of Alexei Navalny and the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights as extremist organizations.