MOSCOW, June 2 (RAPSI) – The Supreme Court of Russia has granted a lawsuit of the Justice Ministry and ordered liquidation of the political prty Democratic Legal Russia led by lawyer Igor Trunov, the court’s press service has told RAPSI.

However, the party’s official website reads that it self destructed yet in February 2019.

In 2016, Trunov planned to participate in the State Duma election from the Russian party of pensioners for justice, but its list of 169 candidates was fully excluded by the Central Electoral Commission.

Later, the lawyer won a case against the Central Electoral Commission in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The court held that certain provisions of the law on elections for the State Duma allowing the Commission to deny a candidacy list contradict the Constitution.

Moroever, the attorney successfully sought compensations for 12 denied candidates from the Pensioners’ party.