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FILE - Supporters of the Yabloko party wait to enter Russia's Supreme Court in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, to attend a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the ballot in the upcoming parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)

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Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov, center, speaks to journalists and supporters after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov pauses while reading the court decision during a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the Yabloko party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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Police block the area at the Russia's Supreme Court after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the Yabloko party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov stands after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov, right at the table, and his lawyers, left of him, attend a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)