Russian court rules against new opposition party
MOSCOW – A Russian court on August 22 upheld a decision not to register a political party critical of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Radio Liberty reported.
The new opposition People's Freedom Party, or Parnas, was formed last year by a coalition of politicians -- including the former deputy prime minister, Boris Nemtsov, and the former prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov.
The justice ministry denied it registration in late June, however, for reasons that the party declared "made-up and untrue."
Parnas' secretary Konstantin Merzlikin said that "the next step is the Moscow city court."
By law, a party has to be officially registered in order to stand in elections, and the refusal would prevent Parnas from fielding candidates in parliamentary elections in December and crucial presidential polls in March.
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