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The party, which openly opposes the war in Ukraine, was disqualified from seven other regional elections.","category":"Politics","area":"Russia","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T10:25:17.015Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-21T05:58:38.673Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T10:25:17.015Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":86,"critic":77,"hype":25,"notes":{"trust":"Includes named sources, official election data, and specific figures from multiple outlets.","critic":"Quotes party branch, separates facts from comment, provides specific data and clear narrative.","hype":"Headline is factual; article presents data without sensational language."}},"tags":["#Russia","#Elections","#Yabloko","#AntiWar"],"entities":["Yabloko","Novgorod","Russia’s Central Election Commission","Meduza","Aljazeera","CiberCuba","Ribakov"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Yabloko received 6.2% of the vote in the Novgorod regional election, according to Russia’s Central Election Commission.","Novgorod was the only region where Yabloko’s party list appeared on the ballot for a regional parliament.","Yabloko is the only officially registered Russian party that openly opposes the war with Ukraine.","The party is set to enter the Novgorod regional legislature."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Yabloko is set to win seats in the Novgorod regional legislature, with 6.2% of the vote counted from 96.86% of precinct tallies. The party’s list appeared on the ballot in Novgorod, the only one of eight regions where it was registered for a regional parliament election. In other regions, including St. Petersburg and Leningrad, the party’s lists were not registered. In Karelia, Kaliningrad, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, and Pskov regions, the lists were removed from the ballot after legal challenges from other parties."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Russia’s Supreme Court removed Yabloko’s federal list from the State Duma elections on August 10. This decision followed a lawsuit from the Rodina party, which alleged copyright infringement in Yabloko’s campaign materials and claimed the party had received foreign funding. Yabloko is the only party that ran on an anti-war platform."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on election results"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reports differ on the final vote share for Yabloko in Novgorod. Meduza states the party has 6.2% of the vote, citing Russia’s Central Election Commission. 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