The Russian Supreme Court has excluded the Yabloko party from the elections scheduled for September, upholding a complaint filed by the Rodina party. Yabloko was the only Russian party that had declared itself opposed to the war in Ukraine.

The complaint was brought by Rodina, a nationalist-oriented faction, against the historic liberal movement founded in the 1990s. The Supreme Court's decision therefore prevents Yabloko from fielding candidates in the September elections.

Yabloko leader Rybakov announced the intention to appeal the court's decision. Yulia Navalnaya, widow of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, commented on the exclusion, calling it a sign of «fear of the Kremlin» toward pacifist voices.

The European Union condemned the decision. For its part, Kyiv reacted by stating that Moscow intends to continue the conflict indefinitely, using the phrase «eternal war».

The exclusion of Yabloko further reduces the space for opposition political formations in Russia, in a context where the September elections will take place without any explicitly anti-war party among the contenders.