‘I’ll Break Your Head’: Russian Anti-War Candidate Gets Death Threats Ahead of Elections

Kirill Rumyantsev, a candidate for Russia's State Duma from the anti-war Yabloko party, says he and his family have received death threats and demands that he withdraw from the election. He filed a police report and said he would remain in the race despite the threats.

The Supreme Court ruling came just days after the Central Election Commission had unanimously approved the party's registration, prompting speculation that the initial approval was itself a Kremlin-orchestrated manoeuvre.

Recent polls showed the liberal-leaning Yabloko could have won seats in the parliamentary elections next month.

Why young Russians are holding apples in support of anti-war party  CNN

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections.

Yabloko last cleared the threshold for the State Duma in 1999, when it won 5.93 percent of the vote — above the 5 percent required for representation. In every parliamentary election since, opposition politicians — from the Communist Party to Yabloko’s own members — and independent observers have documented serious fra

The pro-Kremlin nationalist party Rodina accused the Yabloko party of receiving undeclared campaign support.

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections.

Russia’s highest court has ordered the only party opposing the Kremlin’s military action in Ukraine to be removed from the ballot in next month’s parliamentary election

Russia's only liberal, anti-war party will not be able to take part in next month's parliamentary elections, a Moscow court rules.

Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has been going on for four and a half years.

Russia's top court bars anti-war party from parliamentary vote  Reuters

Russian court bars from parliamentary ballot the only party opposing the conflict in Ukraine  Toronto Star

Russian court bars from parliamentary ballot the only party opposing the conflict in Ukraine  AP News

Russia’s Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party on Monday from contesting September’s parliamentary elections, sidelining the only officially registered party that opposes Moscow’s ‌war in Ukraine. More than four years after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the decision highlights the authorities’ intolerance

Russia’s Supreme Court blocked the Yabloko party from appearing on the ballot in September’s elections to the lower house of parliament, effectively banning one of the country’s few political blocs openly calling for an end to the fighting in Ukraine.

The ruling removes the only registered party campaigning on a pro-peace platform from the nationwide party-list ballot.

Russia's Supreme Court bars only 'pro-peace' party from parliamentary elections  The Kyiv Independent

While the liberal Yabloko party is unlikely to win any seats in elections next month, they nonetheless relish the opportunity to push their anti-war message on a national scale.