Russia Bars Anti-War Opposition Party From Election
- Source
- Oilprice.com
- Source link
- https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Europe/Russia-Bars-Anti-War-Opposition-Party-From-Election.html
- Published
- 2026-08-18 16:00:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-18 19:33:14
- Category
- Commodities & Raw Materials
- Geography
- Global
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Yabloko party, the sole officially registered party to openly oppose Moscow's war on Ukraine, against its removal from the ballot for September parliamentary elections. In a separate hearing on August 17, a court in the city of Pskov sentenced an outspoken deputy chairman of Yabloko, Lev Shlosberg, to more than 11 years in prison after convicting him under a law designed to punish critics of the war. The rulings display the Kremlin's determination to silence dissent, particularly when it comes…
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