Russian court bars from parliamentary ballot the only party opposing the conflict in Ukraine
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Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov stands after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov, right at the table, and his lawyers, left of him, attend a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov pauses while reading the court decision during a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the Yabloko party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Police block the area at the Russia's Supreme Court after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the Yabloko party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov stands after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)