The liberal Yabloko party filed an appeal with Russia’s Supreme Court on Friday, challenging a ruling to cancel the registration of the party’s federal slate of candidates for next month’s State Duma elections.

When 18-year-old Karina learnt the party she supported ahead of her first parliamentary election in Russia was barred from contesting, she was shocked -- but also surprised by…

Russia's Supreme Court banned the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from the ballot