Russia’s only anti-war party eyes support boost at elections
While the liberal Yabloko party is unlikely to win any seats in elections next month, they nonetheless relish the opportunity to push their anti-war message on a national scale.
Russia's liberal Yabloko party is participating in upcoming parliamentary elections to promote its anti-war message nationally. Despite being unlikely to win seats, the party sees the campaign as an opportunity to raise its profile and potentially gain support, particularly among young people.
The party, which has not won seats in the State Duma since 2003, is polling at around three percent, according to a poll conducted earlier this year, which is short of the five-percent threshold needed to enter the lower house.
Yabloko's leader, Nikolay Rybakov, has stated that if the party's participation can bring peace even a single day closer, it will be worthwhile. The party was founded in 1993 by pro-Western public officials and enjoyed some success in the post-Soviet era.
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