Before parliamentary election: Russian anti-war party: exclusion from election and penal colony
The liberal Russian opposition party Yabloko is fighting for its future. It is experiencing two setbacks: exclusion from the parliamentary election and a prison camp sentence against deputy party leader Shlosberg.
Russia's opposition party Yabloko has been barred from participating in the September parliamentary election after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal. The party's leader, Nikolai Rybakow, stated that the court's decision was politically motivated and aimed at silencing the party's anti-war stance. Yabloko's deputy leader, Lev Shlosberg, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for his criticism of the war. The party plans to file a complaint with the Supreme Court's presidium.
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