PoliticsRussia upholds election ban on opposition Yabloko and jails deputy leader
Russia’s Supreme Court has rejected Yabloko’s appeal against a ban removing the anti-war party from September’s parliamentary ballot. On the same day, a court sentenced deputy leader Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for opposing the war in Ukraine, while supporters and journalists were detained.
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Russia upholds election ban on opposition Yabloko and jails deputy leader
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