# Kremlin moved against Yabloko after Russia’s only anti-war party reached 6% in polls

https://mins.news/en/item/18560

- Meduza, 2026-08-10 22:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/11/the-kremlin-let-russia-s-only-anti-war-party-yabloko-onto-the-ballot-to-bleed-protest-votes-but-when-it-started-polling-at-6-the-supreme-court-stepped-in

> Russia’s only anti-war party, Yabloko, was allowed onto the ballot, a move portrayed as an effort by the Kremlin to drain protest votes. The party last cleared the State Duma threshold in 1999, taking 5.93 percent, above the required 5 percent. In every parliamentary election since then, opposition politicians and independent observers have documented serious fraud. The Communist Party and Yabloko members were among those raising such concerns. After Yabloko began polling at 6 percent, the Supreme Court stepped in.

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