# Detentions begin outside Russia’s Supreme Court as anti-war Yabloko party fights to stay on the ballot

https://mins.news/en/item/23977

- Meduza, 2026-08-17 09:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/detentions-begin-outside-russia-s-supreme-court-as-anti-war-yabloko-party-fights-to-stay-on-the-ballot

> Police detained several people outside Russia’s Supreme Court in Moscow before a hearing on Yabloko’s appeal against its removal from the State Duma election. Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov said there were no grounds to exclude the party and vowed to prove it.

## Related coverage

- [Russia’s Supreme Court Rejects Yabloko Appeal Against Election Ban](https://mins.news/en/video/24457) — VOA Chinese, 2026-08-17
- [Central Election Commission to consider removing Yabloko from ballot at next meeting](https://mins.news/en/item/24424) — TASS, 2026-08-17
- [Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko](https://mins.news/en/item/24348) — France 24, 2026-08-17