Politik · Supreme Court bans party · ArchivKeine Optionen: Russlands Oberstes Gericht streicht einzige Antikriegspartei vor der WahlVerfasst 7. September 2026 um 21:22 UTCAnsehenTranskript0:00Russia's Supreme Court on August 100:01[music] upheld a suit brought by the0:03pro- Kremlin Nationalist Party Robina0:05and banned Yablo's entire list of0:08federal candidates from standing for the0:09state Duma in [music] September 2026,0:12removing the country's only remaining0:13anti-war party and voters last ballot0:15option to vote against the war. Yabloko0:17is demanding a ceasefire in Ukraine and0:19polls suggest the party could capture 9%0:22of the vote above the 5% threshold0:24required to enter the Duma, a level the0:27party has not cleared since 2003. That0:299% would have been enough to return0:31Yabloko to parliament after more than0:33two decades without representation had0:35its federal list remained on the ballot.0:37Russia's invasion of Ukraine has0:39stretched into its fifth year, and a0:41wave of Ukrainian drone strikes [music]0:42targeting oil refineries has produced0:44fuel shortages and damage to Moscow's0:46economy, a pressure cited as deepening0:48public disillusionment as the election0:50approaches. The practical consequence0:52for disscent is prosecution and prison.0:54Approximately 40 Yablo activists face0:57prosecution for opposing the war and0:59deputy leader Maxim Kruglav was jailed1:01for seven years in June over social1:03media posts. Hours after Monday's1:05ruling, hundreds of Yablo supporters1:07gathered outside the Supreme Court in1:08[music] Moscow chanting Russia without1:10Putin, a demonstration that followed the1:12June jailing and now precedes [music] a1:14September vote with no anti-war option.1:16The September election will now proceed1:18with no anti-war party on the federal1:21list, leaving 9% of pled voters favoring1:24a ceasefire without a ballot vehicle.1:26While whether the prosecution count1:27grows and how that absence shapes1:29turnout and the votes legitimacy remains1:32unresolved.1:33For more stories that matter, like and1:35subscribe.Artikel lesenChronologie der GeschichteHeyDexDas Kurzvideo ↗
