# Meet the young Russian underdog candidate risking jail to campaign for peace

https://mins.news/en/video/61096

- Reuters, 2026-09-16 14:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY3GYpHHMpE

> As Russia prepares for upcoming parliamentary elections, Polina Lermant, an underdog candidate from the liberal Yabloko party, is campaigning against the war in Ukraine despite the risks. Yabloko is the only registered political force inside Russia that opposes the war.

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