{"id":26872,"date":"2026-08-09T22:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=26872"},"modified":"2026-08-09T22:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:49:16","slug":"tysk-opozytsiiu-vyboramy-rf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/tysk-opozytsiiu-vyboramy-rf\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kremlin is stepping up pressure on the opposition ahead of the State Duma elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Ahead of the September elections to the Russian State Duma, at least 23 politicians have been barred from standing as candidates due to posts featuring Alexei Navalny\u2019s symbols, links to banned social media platforms and even a rainbow-coloured T-shirt, reports The Telegraph. Meanwhile, the Russian Supreme Court is due to consider a petition to exclude the Yabloko party from the elections; eight of its members are currently in prison.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation will take place on 18\u201320 September.<\/li>\n<li>Online posts and symbols were cited as grounds for refusal of entry.<\/li>\n<li>An administrative penalty may result in a candidate being deprived of their electoral rights.<\/li>\n<li>\u00abYabluko\u00bb risks losing the chance to take part in the elections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Administrative matters are becoming a barrier for candidates<\/h2>\n<p>The application of regulations on prohibited symbols has a direct impact on elections: an administrative penalty could bar a politician from appearing on the ballot paper. According to the AP, <strong>Boris Nadezhdin<\/strong> He was fined for a 2023 video in which Navalny appeared briefly; the sentence, combined with his designation as a \u00abforeign agent\u00bb, prevented him from standing for election.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph attributes the increased pressure to the Kremlin\u2019s fears of a protest vote against the backdrop of the war, economic problems and growing discontent.<\/p>\n<h2>The pressure on \u00abYabloko\u00bb extends beyond individual candidates<\/h2>\n<p>The party claims that the persecution of its representatives is linked to its anti-war stance and its call for an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The court proceedings regarding the removal of \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/yabluko-dopustyly-do-vyboriv-u-rf\/\">Apples<\/a>\u00bb\u2026 from the race could have a direct impact on the composition of the ballot paper ahead of the vote.\".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administrative cases relating to symbols and old publications are depriving opposition politicians of the right to stand for election in the Russian Federation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":26871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0410\u0434\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0441\u0438\u043c\u0432\u043e\u043b\u0456\u043a\u0443 \u0442\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0456 \u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0431\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u044e\u0442\u044c \u043e\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0445 \u0443 \u0420\u0424.","rank_math_title":"\u0412\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043c\u0438 \u0420\u0424: 23 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0412\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043c\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[806752],"class_list":["post-26872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-806752"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26873,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26872\/revisions\/26873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}