Russia blocks only anti-war party from elections

Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday barred the country’s only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September’s parliamentary elections.
The court thereby upheld a suit brought by a pro-Kremlin nationalist party, stripping voters opposed to the four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine of their last option on the ballot.
“The claims seeking to annul the registration of the federal list of candidates for the State Duma of the ninth convocation, nominated by the Yabloko political party, were granted,” judge Vyacheslav Kirillov said.
About a hundred supporters, mostly young people, gathered outside the courthouse, chanting “Shame! Shame!” after the ruling was delivered.
Addressing them aft...