Russia bars Yabloko from Duma vote; observers to document e-vote fraud

Russia's 2026 State Duma election lacks meaningful competition after Yabloko, the sole anti-war opposition party, was barred and its district candidates obstructed. Remote electronic voting, used previously to rig results, will be deployed in Moscow and other regions. Independent observers plan to document discrepancies between paper and online results, though their impact is limited.