Russian Supreme Court Disqualifies Anti-War Party Jabloko from Elections
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- Sueddeutsche Zeitung
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Corriere della Sera
- Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Russia's Supreme Court has excluded the Jabloko party from the proportional representation lists for the upcoming September elections. Jabloko is described by multiple reports as the only remaining anti-war party in Russia. The court's decision followed an eight hour session and cited allegations of foreign funding, a claim the party has denied. The disqualification comes amid a broader crackdown on the party, including the sentencing of its deputy chief to seven years in a labor camp and the exclusion of party president Nikolai Rybakov due to a past social media post featuring Alexei Navalny.
Protests occurred outside the court building in Moscow, where young demonstrators gathered with apple symbols and anti-war slogans. While some reports indicate that independent polls showed Jabloko's support rising to 13 or 14 percent, other perspectives suggest the party does not represent a majority of Russians. The party remains eligible for single-member district seats, though observers note this offers little practical chance of success compared to the proportional lists.
Outlets with a center-left lean frame the event as a desperate move by the Kremlin to silence a peace movement that resonates with a population tired of war. In contrast, center-right outlets frame the event as a symptom of a regime that views any uncontrolled social movement as a threat to its stability, regardless of whether that movement holds a majority of public support.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- They framed the disqualification as a reaction to genuine public desire for peace and a failure of state propaganda.
- Centre-right
- They framed the event as a calculated move by an authoritarian regime to eliminate any uncontrolled political risk.
Sources
- Centre-right Corriere della Sera: Jabloko disqualified, the Russian party against the war in Ukraine: this is how Putin removes the only pacifist party from the elections
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Election in Russia: The Kremlin cannot rule without repression
- Centre-left Novaya Gazeta Europe: We do not need Malaya Tokmachka
- Centre-left Sueddeutsche Zeitung: Russian opposition party Yabloko: End for the dove of peace
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