Russian Supreme Court Bars Last Anti-War Party from Ballot

The exclusion of the Yabloko party effectively removes the final political platform opposing the war in Ukraine from upcoming national elections.

In a decisive move that further consolidates political control ahead of upcoming elections, Russia’s Supreme Court has finalized the ban of the Yabloko party, the country's last remaining political organization to openly oppose the war in Ukraine. The ruling effectively strips voters of the only remaining ballot option that explicitly campaigns on an anti-war platform. The court’s decision has drawn condemnation from international observers and domestic critics, who view the move as the latest step in a systematic campaign to sanitize the political landscape of any dissent regarding the Kr…