Russia’s Supreme Court upheld the exclusion of the liberal opposition party Yabloko from the September legislative elections. The ruling occurred on Monday amid reports of dozens of supporters detained outside the court and a broader crackdown on war critics. Two sources, France 24 and Meduza, confirm the decision.
“Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko”
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The ruling eliminates the last organized anti-war voice from the ballot and forms part of a systematic removal of institutional dissent.
“Human-rights violation and rejection of government accountability for military aggression”
The decision illustrates authoritarian consolidation that treats any opposition as a security threat during wartime.
“Regime stability and national sovereignty over open political contestation”
State power is used to restrict citizens’ rights to political association and speech by removing the sole anti-war option.
“Individual rights to expression and assembly curtailed by centralized control”
All views assume the anti-war label caused the exclusion without examining standard registration technicalities or the party’s marginal electoral history.
“Institutional continuity of ballot control across wartime and peacetime contexts”
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