Russia Supreme Court Bars Anti-War Yabloko Party From September Elections

Edited
by:
Saim
Du&sca o ;a
I ayatullah

The
Sup eme
Cou t
of
Russia
o
Mo day
uled
i
favo
of
the
atio alist
p o-K emli
Rodi a
(Mothe la d)
pa ty
a d
ba ed
Yabloko
(Apple)
—
Russia’s
o ly
a ti-wa
pa ty
—
f om
pa ticipati g
i
Septembe
pa liame ta y
electio s.

Rodi a
accuses
Yabloko
of
eceivi g
u decla ed
fi a cial
suppo t
f om
Weste
sou ces,
amo g
othe
thi gs.

A gui g
befo e
the
cou t,
Yabloko
veheme tly
de ied
the
accusatio s
a d
ailed
agai st
Rodi a’s
lack
of
suppo ti g
evide ce.

O
Mo day,
Judge
Vyacheslav
Ki illov
said,
“The
claims
seeki g
to
a ul
the
egist atio
of
the
fede al
list
of
ca didates
fo
the
State
Duma
of
the
i th
co vocatio ,
omi ated
by
the
Yabloko
political
pa ty,
we e
g a ted.”

The
cou t’s
decisio
mea s
citize s
opposed
to
Russia’s
fou -a d-a-half-yea
i vasio
of
Uk ai e
—
o
“special
milita y
ope atio ”
as
it
has
bee
legally
deemed
u de
pe alty
of
imp iso me t
—
have
o
oppo tu ity
to
vote
fo
ep ese tatives
willi g
to
a ticulate
that
oppositio .

Yabloko
leade
Nikolay
Rybakov
told
the
hu d ed
o
so
suppo te s
gathe ed
outside
the
cou t,
“Excludi g
Yabloko
f om
the
electio
mea s
efusi g
dialog
with
people
who
ask
questio s
that
a e
u comfo table
fo
the
autho ities.”

“We
have
a
lo g
oad
ahead
a d
we
have
a
big
a d
impo ta t
task
—
to
stop
deaths
a d
b i g
back
peace.
Eve ythi g
we
do
should
be
dedicated
to
that,”
Rybakov
added,
vowi g
to
appeal
the
decisio .

Yabloko
—
the
o ly
libe al
pa ty
still
ope ati g
i
Russia
si ce
most
of
P eside t
Vladimi
Puti ‘s
oppo e ts
have
bee
jailed,
exiled
o
mu de ed
—
has
eceived
the
backi g
of
seve al
exiled
oppositio
figu es,
i cludi g
Yulia
Naval aya,
the
widow
of
the
late
oppositio
leade
Alexei
Naval y.

Yabloko
was
o ce
a
st o g
libe al
fo ce
i
Russia
but
like
othe
oppositio
outfits
it
has
bee
systematically
sideli ed
by
the
K emli .

The
pa ty
is
cu e tly
o ly
polli g
a ou d
th ee
pe ce t
—
sho t
of
the
five
pe ce t
th eshold
fo
e t y
i to
pa liame t
—
a d
has
ot
wo
a
seat
i
the
fede al
State
Duma
si ce
2003.

Puti -backi g
U ited
Russia
has
wo
eve y
si gle
electio
si ce
the
a d
that
is
expected
to
agai
be
the
case
i
Septembe .

But
despite
ba i g
political
oppositio
to
the
wa ,
public
opi io
towa d
the
co flict
has
sou ed,
mo e
so
si ce
Uk ai e
has
i te sified
its
attacks
o
e e gy
a d
logistics
i f ast uctu e
i side
Russia.

The
o -gove me tal
Levada
Ce te
—
which
is
o
the
K emli ‘s
“fo eig
age ts”
list
—
cha ts
suppo t
at
a ou d
66%,
the
lowest
si ce
Russia
lau ched
its
attack
agai st
eighbo i g
Uk ai e
o
Feb ua y
24,
2022.

The
K emli
has
c acked
dow
o
oppositio
to
the
wa
with
st ict
ce so ship
ules
a d
mass
a ests,
with
ma y
activists
a d
jou alists
p efe i g
to
flee
tha
to
face
pote tially
deadly
pe secutio
by
stayi g
i
Russia.

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