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Russian anti-war opposition had a 5-day run
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Russian anti-war opposition had a 5-day run

by Katie Marie Davies

Russia's Supreme Court, on Aug. 10, barred the country's only anti-war party from taking part in parliamentary elections scheduled for September. The liberal Yabloko party had been approved to take part in the vote and was assigned a spot on the ballot five days prior. Between the two dates, a few notable events took place — the largely obscure party received wide-ranging support from anti-war activists and the country's exiled opposition, and pro-Kremlin political projects went after it as a r

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Black smoke rises from a distribution warehouse near Moscow, Russia, on August 16, 2026.

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