Yabloko Is Not the Apple of the Kremlin’s Eye

Yesterday, 10 August 2026, the Russian Supreme Court disqualified the opposition Yabloko party from September's parliamentary elections, presumably for their (mild) antiwar stance. More remarkably, given the times, several hundred mostly young Muscovites showed up to support Yabloko. Deutsche Welle rounded up the reaction of talking heads to yesterday's events, while the ceaselessly amazing…