Hundreds of teenagers waited hours outside Russia’s Supreme Court to witness the only antiwar party lose its place on the ballot. Then a police officer raised a megaphone to talk about draft offices.
All day on August 10, Russia’s Supreme Court heard a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Yabloko (“Apple”) party’s registration for the State Duma elections. Hundreds of people stood outside the courthouse on Povarskaya Street the entire time, supporters of the only antiwar party that could theoretically participate in the vote. Most were Muscovites under 30, many of them teenagers. For many of them,…
Yabloko supporters rallied outside Russia's Supreme Court on August 10, 2026, waiting hours to witness the party's exclusion from the State Duma elections. Hundreds of mainly young people, some as young as teenagers, gathered in the rain, holding apples as gifts. The lawsuit, brought by the Rodina party, argued that Yabloko violated copyright laws, used images and content without proper permission, and campaigned online. The court ultimately ruled against Yabloko, barring it from participating in the elections.
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