Russian court bars only anti-war party from standing in 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.

Russia Bars Anti-War Yabloko Party From Parliamentary Elections

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.

By Bloomberg News

Russia bars anti-war party from parliamentary election

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 of anti-war views and further narrows the already limited space for dissent in Russian politics. “The decision will ⁠be appealed. Friends, let’s not despair,” the party said in...

By Reuters

Russia bars only anti-war party from elections

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

As War Grinds, Russia Bans Its Last Anti-War Party From Elections

A poll conducted earlier this year showed Yabloko ("apple" in Russian) at just three per cent support -- short of the five-per cent threshold needed to enter Russia's lower house.

Russian Supreme Court Bars Yabloko Party From Election

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

A ChatGPT-generated image, a photo of Hiroshima, and a line from a Soviet song: the copyright case that helped boot Russia’s only antiwar party off next month’s ballot

Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to remove the opposition party Yabloko from the ballot in the election for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. The Rodina party filed the lawsuit last Friday, accusing Yabloko of an assortment of violations that included copyright infringement, illegal campaigning, and support for extremism. The case went before Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov, who declared the human rights group International Memorial “extremist” this spring. The ruling has not ...

Russia blocks only anti-war party from elections

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections. The post Russia blocks only anti-war party from elections appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah