# Russia upholds election ban on opposition Yabloko and jails deputy leader

https://mins.news/en/item/24473

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-17 18:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/17/russia-maintains-election-ban-on-opposition-yabloko-jails-deputy-head?traffic_source=rss

> 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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