Explainer 530: Who even is Russia’s anti-war party?
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The episode discusses the implications of Russia's Supreme Court banning the country's only anti-war party from elections.
Russia’s Supreme Court has barred the country’s only anti-war party from standing in parliamentary “elections”. Does the ban reflect an uptick in anti-war support or Putin’s ever-tightening grip on power? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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