# A 21-year-old candidate documents her campaign for Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party

https://mins.news/en/item/67706

- Meduza, 2026-09-21 17:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/21/a-21-year-old-candidate-for-russia-s-antiwar-yabloko-party-documented-her-campaign-for-the-st-petersburg-legislature

> Marina Peslyak, a 21-year-old antiwar candidate for St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly, kept a diary of her campaign. She described what she called absurd election-commission demands, pressure from law enforcement, anxiety over being removed from the ballot, and the practical difficulties of campaigning after Yabloko was barred from most races.

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