Russia’s nationalist Rodina party demands anti-war Yabloko party be pulled from State Duma race

Russia's nationalist Rodina party has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove the opposition Yabloko party from the fall State Duma election ballot, per Meduza. The move came after registration proceedings in which Rodina leader Alexey Zhuravlev criticized Yabloko's candidates for never visiting the "SVO" zone—Russia's term for its military operations in Ukraine. Other ruling parties joined the attack, with some calling for Yabloko to be declared an "undesirable organization." The effort has drawn international attention, with Russian opposition figures in exile, including Yulia Navalnaya, publicly urging voters to support Yabloko in the upcoming elections.

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