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In an interview with Agence France-Presse on the weekend, Rybakov stated about 40 party activists were facing prosecution for opposing the war. The party’s deputy leader, Maxim Kruglov, was jailed for seven years in June over social media posts, while Rybakov was fined and barred from elections for posting a photo of Alexei Navalny.
Like the Duma, the supreme court routinely rubber-stamps the Kremlin’s wishes. Addressing protesters, Yabloko leader Nikolay Rybakov stated the party would appeal against the decision.
Voting options other than Putin’s de facto party, the ruling United Russia, are only tolerated if they are too weak to win; give their backing to the Kremlin; or serve as “spoilers” that draw votes away from anyone who might pose a threat to the regime. About a hundred supporters, mostly young individuals, gathered outside the courthouse chanting “Shame!
The court banned Yabloko’s entire list of federal election candidates from standing for the State Duma of Russia’s parliament. With most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents jailed, exiled or dead, Yabloko is the only liberal party still operating in Russia.
What we know on day 1,630 Russia has banned voting against the war in September’s elections. The supreme court upheld a suit brought by a small pro-Kremlin nationalist party, Roblina, and stripped voters opposed to the war of their last option on the ballot: Yabloko, the country’s only remaining anti-war party.
Every candidate of Yabloko – the last anti-war party – barred from September elections; warning over ‘Russian Starlink’ progress. What we know on day 1,630 Every candidate of Yabloko – the last anti-war party – barred from September elections; warning over ‘Russian Starlink’ progress.
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