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Russia bars only anti-war party from elections

Yabloko leader Nikolay Rybakov said the party would appeal the decision. (Photo: AFP)

MOSCOW - Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections.

The court thereby upheld a suit brought by a pro-Kremlin nationalist party, stripping voters opposed to the four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine of their last option on the ballot.

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