Russia’s Supreme Court bars last anti-war party from elections

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

Yabloko, Russia's only anti-war party, has been barred from September's parliamentary elections. The motion to bar Yabloko was filed by the nationalist pro-Kremlin party Rodina.

Russia’s Supreme Court removed the only liberal party, Yabloko, from the upcoming State Duma elections in September, after granting a lawsuit filed by the nationalist Rodina party on Monday, Aug. 10. Hundreds of Russian citizens gathered outside the courthouse, protesting the ruling.

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

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

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.