
• Russia has banned voting against the war in September’s elections. The supreme court upheld(支持,维持(原判)) a suit brought by a small pro-Kremlin nationalist party, Roblina, and stripped(剥夺,剥去) voters opposed to the war of their last option on the ballot: Yabloko, the country’s only remaining anti-war party. The court banned Yabloko’s entire list of federal election candidates from standing for the State Duma(国家杜马,俄罗斯议会下院) of Russia’s parliament.
• 俄罗斯已禁止在九月的选举中投票反对战争。最高法院支持了一个亲克里姆林宫的小民族主义政党“罗布利纳”提起的诉讼,剥夺了反战选民在选票上的最后选择:亚博卢党——该国仅存的反战政党。法院禁止亚博卢党的全部联邦选举候选人参加俄罗斯议会国家杜马的竞选。
• With most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents jailed, exiled(被流放的) or dead, Yabloko is the only liberal party still operating in Russia. Voting options other than Putin’s de facto(事实上的,实际上的) party, the ruling United Russia, are only tolerated if they are too weak to win; give their backing to the Kremlin; or serve as “spoilers(搅局者,破坏者)” that draw votes away from anyone who might pose a threat to the regime. About a hundred supporters, mostly young people, gathered outside the courthouse chanting “Shame! Shame!” after the ruling was delivered. Like the Duma, the supreme court routinely rubber-stamps(橡皮图章式批准,不加审议地通过) the Kremlin’s wishes.
• 由于弗拉基米尔·普京的大多数反对者要么被监禁、流亡,要么死亡,亚博卢党是俄罗斯唯一仍在运作的自由党。除了普京事实上的政党——执政的统一俄罗斯党之外,其他投票选项只有在以下情况下才被容忍:太弱而无法获胜;支持克里姆林宫;或者充当“搅局者”,从可能对政权构成威胁的人那里拉走选票。裁决宣布后,大约一百名支持者(大多是年轻人)聚集在法院外高呼“可耻!可耻!”。与杜马一样,最高法院通常对克里姆林宫的意愿予以橡皮图章式的批准。
• Addressing protesters, Yabloko leader Nikolay Rybakov said the party would appeal against the decision. In an interview with Agence France-Presse on the weekend, Rybakov said about 40 party activists were facing prosecution(起诉,检控) for opposing the war. The party’s deputy leader, Maxim Kruglov, was jailed for seven years in June over social media posts, while Rybakov was fined and barred(被禁止的,被阻拦的) from elections for posting a photo of Alexei Navalny(阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼,俄罗斯反对派领袖). Independent polls show most Russians favour peace negotiations with Kyiv.
• 亚博卢党领导人尼古拉·雷巴科夫向抗议者发表讲话,表示该党将对这一决定提出上诉。上周末接受法新社采访时,雷巴科夫表示,约有40名党内活动人士因反对战争而面临起诉。该党副领导人马克西姆·克鲁格洛夫于六月因社交媒体帖子被判入狱七年,而雷巴科夫因发布阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼的照片而被罚款并被禁止参加选举。独立民调显示,大多数俄罗斯人赞成与基辅进行和平谈判。