Russia’s Supreme Court to Consider Ban on Anti-War Yabloko Party Ahead of Elections
The court case could block more than 400 Yabloko candidates and remove the only registered pro-peace party from the ballot, officials said.
- The Russian pro-Western opposition party Yabloko faces calls to be barred from upcoming elections due to its anti-war stance, with Russian nationalists calling its members 'traitors'.
- Yabloko aims to tap into discontent over the Ukraine war, with polls showing majority support for peace negotiations, particularly among young Russians.
- The party's leaders have been targeted by authorities, with its deputy leader jailed and its head in Pskov arrested over criticism of the conflict.
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Russia bars only anti-war party from elections
The court thereby upheld a suit brought by a pro-Kremlin nationalist party, stripping voters opposed to the four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine of their last option on the ballot. "The claims seeking to annul the registration of the federal list of candidates for the State Duma of the ninth convocation, nominated by the Yabloko political party, were granted," judge Vyacheslav Kirillov said. With most of President Vladimir Putin's opponents jaile…
The Russian Supreme Court banned Monday the only anti-war party, Iabloko, from taking part in the parliamentary elections in Russia in September.
Hundreds come to the Supreme Court in Moscow to support the opposition party Jabloko. After nine hours of trial, the only war-critical party of Russia is excluded from the Duma election - a seemingly open valve for dissatisfaction closes again.
First Jabloko was admitted to the Duma election in September. Now the only war-critical party in Russia is not allowed to participate. She wants to challenge the verdict.
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VGRusslands høyesterett ustenenger det liberal partiet Jabloko fra å delta i det kommende valget.
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