# Russia’s only antiwar party loses another State Duma candidate

https://mins.news/en/item/26620

- Meduza, 2026-08-19 20:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/19/russia-s-only-antiwar-party-just-lost-another-state-duma-candidate

> The Moscow Regional Court disqualified Yabloko candidate Viktor Bystrov from the State Duma race in the Kolomna district after a lawsuit by Green Party rival Dmitry Gelevera. The court cited errors in his registration documents, which Bystrov’s lawyers blamed on an election commission form-generating program. They said they would appeal.

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