As War Grinds, Russia Bans Its Last Anti-War Party From Elections
Russia's Supreme Court has barred the Yabloko party, the country's last remaining anti-war political group, from participating in upcoming parliamentary elections. The ruling effectively removes the only legal platform for voters to express opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Why it matters
The decision signals a further consolidation of power by the Kremlin and the near-total elimination of organized political dissent within Russia.
Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary 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.About a hundred supporters, mostly young people, gathered outside the courthouse, chanting "Shame! Shame!"
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