# United Russia mayor forces Yabloko candidate to remove ‘For Peace and Freedom’ banner

https://mins.news/en/item/27367

- Meduza, 2026-08-20 13:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/20/united-russia-mayor-forces-yabloko-party-candidate-to-take-down-banner-reading-for-peace-and-freedom

> Pavel Kharitonenko, a Yabloko candidate for a single-mandate State Duma seat, says Baikalsk Mayor Vasily Temgenevsky pressured local business owners to remove his “For Peace and Freedom” campaign banner from a market. Kharitonenko says the material was legal and properly registered.

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