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The Guardian view on Russian parliamentary elections: glimpses of weakness behind the facade

Editorial: The Kremlin’s clumsy efforts to engineer the outcome reveal growing anxiety about the public mood and a war that is failing

The Guardian - UK

Elections in Russia: the 1001 tricks to remove inconvenient candidates

The Russian authorities are using dubious claims to disqualify candidates previously cleared to run in the parliamentary election from September 18 to 20. The war in Ukraine is making the Kremlin even more cautious about who is allowed to campaign.

France 24

Russians endured a summer of turmoil with gas crisis and swarms of drones as the war came home

Russians have experienced a summer of turmoil because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Banning the opposition, going on a listening tour: Putin’s worried about the coming election

Could we see Vladimir Putin’s control of Russia seriously challenged – or even destabilised in the coming months? Predicting when authoritarian regimes might fall is notoriously difficult. Their hold on power can appear solid until suddenly it crumbles. But there are signs that the Kremlin is concerned about the potential…

The Conversation

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russians ‘withdraw billions’ from banks amid fears Putin could seize money

The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said

The Independent UK

'Entire nation will shudder at list of martyrs': Russian oppn leader Shlosberg jailed for 11 years for war remarks

Russian opposition leader Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony on Monday for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. The case comes amid a wider Kremlin crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary election.

The Times of India

Ukraine war briefing: Russian campaign to ‘weaponise winter’ under way

Ukrainian energy companies Naftogaz and DTEK report string of attacks; pictures show success of strike on Russian rocket fuel maker. What we know on day 1,637

The Guardian - AU

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Russia upholds Yabloko party's election ban and jails its deputy chair

The Supreme Court upheld Yabloko's removal from the September ballot hours after a Pskov court sentenced deputy chair Lev Shlosberg to more than 11 years in a penal colony for calling for a ceasefire in Russia's ongoing all-out war in Ukraine.

Euronews

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko

Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the exclusion of liberal opposition party Yabloko from September’s legislative elections, eliminating the country’s only explicitly anti-war party from the ballot, as dozens of the party's supporters were detained outside the court. The decision comes amid a wider crackdown on critics of Moscow’s war…

France 24

Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

A court in Russia has convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and a month in prison in the latest crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary election

The Independent UK

Exiled Putin critic says push for peace put him in danger

PARIS - Veteran Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin never planned to flee to France.

Bangkok Post

Barred from elections, Russia's anti-war party vows to fight on

MOSCOW - When 18-year-old Karina learnt the party she supported ahead of her first parliamentary election in Russia was barred from contesting, she was shocked -- but also surprised by what happened next.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin is preparing to use this winter to ‘break’ Kyiv, think-tank warns

Putin will not enter serious negotiations if he believes he has a ‘viable military path’, says ISW

The Independent UK

Russia bars its only anti-war party from September elections

The Supreme Court ruling came just days after the Central Election Commission had unanimously approved the party's registration, prompting speculation that the initial approval was itself a Kremlin-orchestrated manoeuvre.

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russia bans voting against the war

Every candidate of Yabloko – the last anti-war party – barred from September elections; warning over ‘Russian Starlink’ progress. What we know on day 1,630

Bangkok Post

Russia bars only anti-war party from elections

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

France 24

Russia bars only anti-war party 'Yabloko' from September parliamentary elections

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko (Apple), from running in September's parliamentary elections. About a hundred protesters gathered outside the courthouse chanting, "Shame! Shame!" after the ruling was delivered.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Wildberries warehouse struck by Kyiv’s drones more than 2,000km from Russian border

Depot hit in city of Ekaterinburg and hundreds evacuated in latest attack on Russian online retail giant. What we know on day 1,627

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Euronews

Russia's opposition looks for a leader as new party launches in Berlin

Around 71% of Russians approve of President Vladimir Putin, according to the state-run pollster VCIOM. Yet a newly founded opposition party in exile believes it can help shape Russia's political future. How realistic are its ambitions?

The Conversation

‘Even the worst possible scenario is not actually all that bad.’ Alexei Navalny’s memoir is a testament to resisting authoritarianism

No one who watched Alexei Navalny’s meteoric trajectory, from civic activist to opposition leader to the world’s most famous political prisoner, could avoid the question: how will this extraordinary saga end? Was Navalny destined to become Russia’s Nelson Mandela, a redemptive leader who guided his people from oppression to the…

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Russian Politician Faces Hurdles in Bid for Presidential Candidacy

Russian politician's bid for peace in Ukraine faces obstacles as election commission rejects nomination. Will she appeal the decision? Find out more!

WEKU

A pro-peace Russian presidential hopeful is blocked by election commission

Yekaterina Duntsova is a former journalist-turned-politician who opposes the Ukraine war and hopes to challenge Putin, but her efforts to run stalled after election officials rejected her nomination.

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