Russia’s security services prevailed in fight over anti-war Yabloko party’s participation in elections, analyst says
The decision to remove the anti-war Yabloko party from Russia’s September parliamentary elections may been the result of a conflict between the civilian wing of the presidential administration, which was initially prepared to allow the party into the campaign, and the security services, which favored eliminating any political risks through outright bans and repression, political analyst Mikhail…
Political analyst Mikhail Komin claims that Russia's security services won a conflict over the anti-war Yabloko party's participation in the September parliamentary elections. According to Komin, the decision to exclude Yabloko may have been influenced by a clash between the civilian wing of the presidential administration and the security services.
The initial plan could have involved Yabloko participating in the election, but then being defeated and used as proof that public support for peace was marginal. This would have provided the Kremlin with political legitimacy to continue the war, according to Komin.
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