Russia’s Supreme Court takes up lawsuit seeking to remove anti-war Yabloko party from State Duma ballot; hundreds show up to support the party

Hundreds of people lined up outside Russia’s Supreme Court in Moscow to show support for the Yabloko party, which faces a lawsuit seeking to remove it from the ballot for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament.

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.

Sensing frustration among many Russians towards the Ukraine war, Russia’s liberal Yabloko party is hoping to use parliamentary elections this September to raise its profile, casting itself as the only opposition group in favour of a ceasefire. Elections in Russia are tightly controlled – every parliamentary vote since

The Yabloko party is casting itself as the only opposition group in favour of a ceasefire with Ukraine.

Rodina leader Alexei Zhuravlyov accused Yabloko members of being traitors “who work for the West” and claimed his party had uncovered financial violations by Yabloko.