A dozen Yabloko candidates stay in Russia's Duma race despite party ban

Around a dozen Yabloko-affiliated candidates are contesting Russia's 450-seat State Duma, the lower house, in the three-day parliamentary election centered on September 20, 2026, after Russia's Supreme Court barred the liberal party itself in August 2026. I see this as individual persistence after institutional exclusion, preserving a limited opposition presence on district ballots.