The Kremlin wants to demonstrate that there is no anti-war agenda in the parliamentary elections in September, but it has yet to decide what to do with the anti-war Yabloko party.
Political analyst Vadym Denysenko, head of the Dilova Stolytsia analytical center, expressed this view during the expert discussion "Russian Elections and Temporarily Occupied Territories: Challenges for Ukraine," according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
"The authorities have not yet decided what to do with Yabloko. They would very much like to keep it in the nationwide election campaign and take away at least 4-5% of its vote, so as to show that it has only 2-3% support and that an anti-war party has no chance of winning," the expert said.
According to Denysenko, in all regions where Yabloko has a strong presence, the party has been barred from participating in regional elections.
"In the national elections, they will try to keep it in the race to show that there is no anti-war agenda, although that is an absolute lie," the political analyst said.
