Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections

NYT World Monday 10 August 2026, 22:15 UTC By Nataliya Vasilyeva 1 min read

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Nikolai Rybakov, right, the Yabloko party’s leader, and his lawyer, second from right, listening to the court decision after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from upcoming parliamentary elections on Monday in Russia’s Supreme Court in Moscow.

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