After courts banned an antiwar party from the ballot, opposition politician Ilya Yashin’s allies pick a new weapon: showing up to vote, all at the exact same minute

Meduza reports that Russia's Peaceful Russia party, led by opposition politician Ilya Yashin, is organizing coordinated voting for September 20's State Duma election, calling voters to turn out at exactly noon. The party frames this synchronized timing as a legal avenue for Russians to protest the war and dictatorship. The proposal came after Russia's Supreme Court removed the antiwar Yabloko party from the ballot. Peaceful Russia is also urging voters against United Russia, Putin's ruling party, arguing that every opposition vote strengthens resistance to the war. In a statement, the party described the effort as 'a noon for a peaceful Russia.'

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