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  • Affairs
  • 12 Aug 2026
  • 7 min

Explainer 530: Who even is Russia’s anti-war party?

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • 7 min

Russia’s Supreme Court has barred the country’s only anti-war party from standing in parliamentary “elections”. Does the ban reflect an uptick in anti-war support or Putin’s ever-tightening grip on power?

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  • Andrew Mueller

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