Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday barred the liberal Yabloko party from contesting September’s parliamentary elections, sidelining the only officially registered party that opposes Moscow’s war in Ukraine. More than four years after Russia launched its full-scale war, the decision highlights the authorities’ intolerance of anti-war views and further narrows the already limited space for dissent in Russian politics. “Excluding Yabloko from the election means refusing dialogue with people who ask questions that are uncomfortable for the authorities,” Nikolai Rybakov, the party’s leader, said, vowing to appeal the decision.
Posted on 08/10/2026 6:55:45 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday barred the liberal Yabloko party from contesting September’s parliamentary elections, sidelining the only officially registered party that opposes Moscow’s war in Ukraine. More than four years after Russia launched its full-scale war, the decision highlights the authorities’ intolerance of anti-war views and further narrows the already limited space for dissent in Russian politics. “Excluding Yabloko from the election means refusing dialogue with people who ask questions that are uncomfortable for the authorities,” Nikolai Rybakov, the party’s leader, said, vowing to appeal the decision.
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Russia is now equivalent to North Korea. Big Government Kremlin has now destroyed Russians last hope of expressing themselves, peacefully... Voting has become meaningless. Only a revolution of conservative minded Russians can save them from their Neo-Soviet Putin and his KGB friends.
1 posted on 08/10/2026 6:55:45 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
To: USA-FRANCE
Sorry it was NBC NEWS.. not the Telegraph I pointed to...
My mistake...
2 posted on 08/10/2026 6:56:52 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
To: USA-FRANCE
Democrats will do they same once they get power.
3 posted on 08/10/2026 6:58:34 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: USA-FRANCE
And THAT’S how ya do it. Exclude the commie vote. Things will move along smoothly.
4 posted on 08/10/2026 7:00:12 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Allegra; AndyJackson; ANKE69; bimboeruption; Candor7; Carriage Hill; C210N; Cold_Red_Steel; ...
To be added to the zeeper follies pinglist, ping me bro... we need laughter!
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5 posted on 08/10/2026 7:02:06 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIF)
To: Libloather
The actual Communist Party of Russia is still in the election, and some of their sitting reps have denounced the war. They may make gains in the vote.
6 posted on 08/10/2026 7:02:45 PM PDT by proxy_user
To: Libloather
“And THAT’S how ya do it. Exclude the commie vote. Things will move along smoothly.”
>>>>>>>>
Big Government boss Putin is apparently bringing in 50.000 Communist North Korean troops to fight against Conservative anti-communist UKRAINE...
So yes, Putin proves he is indeed a communist, but things aren’t going smoothly for him... Why ask for 50.000 Communist North Korean troops if everything is going well for the Kremlin?
7 posted on 08/10/2026 7:06:19 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
To: Libloather
Communist North Korean troops are fighting in the European invasion and Communist Red China is currently training Russian troops.
8 posted on 08/10/2026 7:13:21 PM PDT by ansel12
To: USA-FRANCE
Funny, you had no problem when your little buddy did the same thing in Ukraine 4 years ago.
9 posted on 08/10/2026 7:21:22 PM PDT by JoSixChip
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Yes Russia has their anti war people, just like lefty Tucker Carlson here in America. Even though I regret that Tucker Carlson opposes Americas war against The Islamic State of Iran, I don’t want to punish him and surpressing his right to vote. I think that even fanatical pacifists like Tucker Carlson must be all allowed to vote anyway. America represent freedom of thought. Banning the Republican Party or the Democrat party just to please BIG GOVERNMENT, would be a huge mistake.
In Russia, Big Government now forbids anything that doesn’t support BIG GOVERNMENT!
Thus, Russia has become like Communist North Korea. Sad.
Big Government enslaves the Russian people. It’s timer for them to save Russia and get rid of Neo Soviet system.
Long live the Russian people! Down with Big Government Kremlin !
10 posted on 08/10/2026 7:22:44 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
To: USA-FRANCE
Democracy in Russia has an abysmal track record. They seem content to be ruled by strongmen.
The Czar is the General Secretary is the President. The name changes, but the system is essentially the same.
CC
11 posted on 08/10/2026 7:27:26 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
To: JoSixChip
Funny, you had no problem when your little buddy did the same thing in Ukraine 4 years ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>
Im not sure what you are talking about.
Ukraine has postponed their election according to the law which forbids organizing elections during wartimes and because Russia is illegally occupying 17% of Ukraine where people simply can’t vote for non-occupied Ukrainian elections... How could free-Ukraine organize free and fair elections in Russian occupied territory?? You tell me...
12 posted on 08/10/2026 7:30:50 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
To: dfwgator
“Democrats will do they same once they get power.”
The EU is in the process of taking out Germany’s largest party and Germany isn’t even at war.
13 posted on 08/10/2026 8:35:51 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Yet more proof that Pootin’s Russia is an oppressive police-state hellhole
Criticize Pootin or the War, and you get thrown out the window
14 posted on 08/10/2026 8:51:17 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
To: USA-FRANCE; Allegra; aMorePerfectUnion; ransomnote; mass55th; tennmountainman
Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit!
How France Chokes Opposition Parties
"These relentless legal attacks, however, are not a good sign for the health of French democracy. They highlight how difficult it is to run an opposition party amid financial hurdles that undermine France’s parliamentary democracy. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly, France’s lower chamber of parliament, in a surprise move in June last year. The decision came minutes after the results of the European elections in France, where the RN surged, fueled by anger at the European Union, low voter turnout, and the proportional representation voting mechanism used in these elections. The RN secured 30 seats, far ahead of the center-right presidential coalition and center-left opposition, each with 13. "
15 posted on 08/11/2026 2:47:36 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
To: USA-FRANCE
On March 18, 2022, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to suspend, for the duration of martial law, the activities of certain political parties. Zelenskyy signed a decree the next day.
President Zelensky has invoked his emergency powers under martial law to nationalize television news and ban Ukraine’s main opposition party along with ten others to clampdown on internal divisions within the country.
16 posted on 08/11/2026 6:11:09 AM PDT by JoSixChip
To: USA-FRANCE
Hopefully Marine Le Pen will restore sanity to fallen France
17 posted on 08/11/2026 6:26:29 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIF)
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| 1 | IN BRIEF: Supreme Court rules to disqualify Yabloko party from parliamentary polls | 0 | 4.05 | 10-08-2026 |
| 2 | Russia’s Supreme Court disqualifies Yabloko party from the State Duma elections | 0 | 9.03 | 10-08-2026 |
| 3 | Opposisjonsparti i Russland nektes å stille til valg | 0 | 5.33 | 10-08-2026 |
| 4 | ‚Zrádci národa.‘ Ruské opoziční straně Jabloko hrozí vyloučení z voleb. Rozhodne o tom soud | 0 | 7.05 | 07-08-2026 |
| 5 | Верховный суд снял партию "Яблоко" с выборов в Госдуму | 0 | 3.35 | 10-08-2026 |
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| 7 | Supreme Court finds no evidence of calls to extremism in Yabloko propaganda materials | 0 | 7.2 | 10-08-2026 |
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