{"id":26721,"date":"2026-08-07T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=26721"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:56:41","slug":"yabluko-dopustyly-do-vyboriv-u-rf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/yabluko-dopustyly-do-vyboriv-u-rf\/","title":{"rendered":"The anti-war \u00abYabloko\u00bb party has been allowed to stand in the Russian elections: the party has become the number one channel on Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"523\">The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has registered the \u00abYabloko\u00bb party\u2019s federal list for the State Duma elections. Voting will take place on 18\u201320 September 2026. The party has become the only political force admitted to the nationwide elections that openly calls for an end to the war against Ukraine. Following the registration of the list, interest in \u00abYabloko\u00bb surged online. Its Telegram channel overtook those of the Russian Federation\u2019s parliamentary parties, whilst search interest in the party\u2019s name exceeded that of Putin\u2019s \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has registered the \u00abYabloko\u00bb list comprising 269 candidates.<\/li>\n<li>Voting in the State Duma elections will take place from 18 to 20 September.<\/li>\n<li>The party is calling for a ceasefire and the start of negotiations.<\/li>\n<li>Mykola Rybakov, leader of the \u00abYabluko\u00bb party, has lost his right to stand for election.<\/li>\n<li>The party\u2019s deputy leader, Maxim Kruglov, has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony.<\/li>\n<li>The \u00abYabloko\u00bb Telegram channel has become the largest among Russian political parties\u2019 channels.<\/li>\n<li>The party\u2019s poll ratings remain below the 5% threshold for entering parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1uw2wd5\" data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1292\">\u00abYabluko\u00bb is standing in the elections on an anti-war platform<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1644\">On 29 July, the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation registered the \u00abYabloko\u00bb federal list, comprising 269 candidates. The party\u2019s election manifesto bears the slogan \u00abFor peace and freedom! For a life without fear!\u00bb. It contains calls for the conclusion of an agreement on <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/model-prypynennia-vohniu-stoimo-de-stoimo\/\">ceasefire<\/a>, a shift towards diplomacy and the prevention of nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1899\">Founded in 1993, the party has traditionally championed democracy, human rights and the rule of law. It does not recognise Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea as legitimate and proposes that the peninsula\u2019s future status be determined through an internationally recognised process once the war has ended.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"2238\">The human rights organisation Amnesty International referred to \u00ab<strong>Apple<\/strong>\u00bbthe last organised political force in Russia that consistently calls for peace and opposes human rights violations.\". <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/ru\/latest\/news\/2025\/12\/russia-authorities-step-up-criminal-reprisals-against-anti-war-yabloko-party\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2238\">Amnesty International<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"rhwuxq\" data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2293\">The party leader was removed from office and his deputy was imprisoned<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2295\" data-end=\"2516\">Leader of \u00abYabluko\u00bb <strong>Mykola Rybakov<\/strong> He is barred from standing for election. A Russian court fined him for publishing an obituary featuring a photograph <strong>Alexei Navalny<\/strong>, having deemed the image to be an alleged display of \u00abextremist symbols\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2518\" data-end=\"2759\">Rybakov emphasised that the photograph of Navalny is not included in the official list of prohibited materials. However, the court ruling stripped the politician of his right to stand for election for one year. In July 2026, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the ruling.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2761\" data-end=\"3111\">The persecution of the party\u2019s deputy leader has become even harsher <strong>Maxima Kruglova<\/strong>. In June, he was sentenced to seven years\u00ab imprisonment in a case concerning so-called \u00bbfake news\u2019 about the Russian army. The case stemmed from posts made in 2022 regarding civilian casualties in Ukraine, Bucha and Mariupol. Kruglov did not admit guilt.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3113\" data-end=\"3321\">Regional politicians from the party are also coming under pressure. In some regions, electoral commissions have refused to register \u00abYabluko\u2019s\u00bb candidate lists, and administrative and criminal proceedings have been brought against its representatives.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"m176wv\" data-start=\"3323\" data-end=\"3371\">Yabluko\u2019s online audience has grown rapidly<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3373\" data-end=\"3625\">Between 21 and 27 July, the number of mentions of the party on social media rose from 2,056 to 4,730, whilst posts about it received over 11.5 million views. According to monitoring data from \u00abElection Atlas\u00bb, audience reach and engagement also roughly doubled.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3627\" data-end=\"3973\">In early August, \u00abYabloko\u00bb overtook \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb in search interest on Google Trends for the first time in a year. The party\u2019s Telegram channel, which until recently had around 25,000 subscribers, had approximately 107,000 on 6 August, and by 7 August the public counter was already showing over 136,000.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3975\" data-end=\"4246\">At the same time, these figures should be treated with caution. After the channel rose to first place, the party itself reported a mass influx of bot subscriptions, which it claimed was intended to undermine organic growth. Therefore, the number of subscribers cannot be directly equated with the number of future voters.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"16m9p7s\" data-start=\"4248\" data-end=\"4303\">Social media does not yet guarantee a seat in the State Duma<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"4305\" data-end=\"4598\">According to the VTsIOM\u2019s average July figures, \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb was supported by 34% of those surveyed, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) by 11%, \u00abNew People\u00bb by 10%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) by 9%, and \u00abFair Russia\u00bb by 5%. Non-parliamentary parties together were supported by around 9% of respondents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4600\" data-end=\"4960\">In the spring, Yabloko\u2019s support rating was estimated at around 3%, whilst a five per cent threshold must be cleared to secure seats via party lists. At the same time, 30% of Russians aged 18\u201324 and 19.5% of respondents aged 25\u201334 said they might support the party. This refers specifically to potential willingness, rather than a definitive intention to vote.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4962\" data-end=\"5418\">A number of Russian opposition politicians, including Yulia Navalnaya, Ivan Zhdanov and Lyubov Sobol, have called for support for \u00abYabloko\u00bb. However, the party has distanced itself from overseas campaigns, fearing that contacts with organisations designated as \u00abundesirable\u00bb in Russia could be used as grounds for revoking the registration of its electoral list.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5420\" data-end=\"5736\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The sharp rise in online interest indicates that there is a demand within Russian society for an end to the war. 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