# 8,000 apply to join anti-war Yabloko after party barred from Russia’s State Duma race

https://mins.news/en/item/27270

- Meduza, 2026-08-20 12:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/20/8-000-people-apply-to-join-anti-war-yabloko-amid-its-removal-from-russia-s-state-duma-race-that-s-twice-the-party-s-current-membership

> Anti-war party Yabloko received 8,000 membership applications in two weeks after being excluded from Russia’s State Duma election—twice its current membership. Moscow branch head Kirill Goncharov said the total could rise while the campaign continues. The Supreme Court removed Yabloko’s federal list over alleged copyright violations and “extremist” slogans, then rejected its appeal.

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