# Russia’s anti-war Yabloko party faces mounting election crackdown

https://mins.news/en/item/54298

- Meduza, 2026-09-11 09:03 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/11/a-month-ago-russia-s-anti-war-yabloko-party-was-disqualified-from-the-state-duma-election-that-was-only-the-beginning

> After Russia’s Supreme Court removed Yabloko’s federal list from the State Duma election on what the party calls spurious grounds, courts in several regions have disqualified more of its candidates. Yabloko says its campaign has been obstructed in at least 21 regions; its regional lists remain only in Novgorod and Tomsk, while it urges supporters to cast spoiled ballots in person rather than vote remotely.

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