The Anti-Corruption Policy Center (CAP) of the Yabloko party analyzed financial reports of Russia's parliamentary parties and the Rodina party, finding that Russian companies exporting products, working with foreign clients, or having other overseas connections donated a total of 1.15 billion rubles to them.
United Russia received 811.75 million rubles from such companies, A Just Russia 197.2 million, New People 98.2 million, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) 35.1 million, and the Communist Party 11.37 million. Rodina received 3.5 million rubles. Donors to United Russia are linked to 51 jurisdictions, including 22 countries on Russia's list of "unfriendly" states, the study said.
The investigation was a response to a Supreme Court ruling that revoked Yabloko's federal list registration for the State Duma elections. One of the grounds was donations from individuals who had previously received money from abroad. According to the court, these individuals transferred 16,900 rubles to the party's fund.
Yabloko argued that ordinary foreign economic activity by a Russian citizen or company does not turn their funds into prohibited foreign financing. The party insists that either the ruling against Yabloko must be overturned, or the state must consistently apply the same criterion to all other election participants.
Earlier, several Yabloko and New People candidates from St. Petersburg were barred from elections due to shares in foreign companies they cannot sell because of sanctions. Meanwhile, a member of United Russia's top five, Z-war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, openly declared holdings in several Western companies in his disclosure. This did not prevent his registration as a candidate.