In a controversial move, the Russian Supreme Court has disqualified Yabloko, the only registered political party openly opposing Moscow's conflict in Ukraine, from participating in upcoming parliamentary elections. The decision, announced on Monday, follows a lawsuit filed by the pro-Kremlin nationalist party Rodina, alleging undeclared campaign support for Yabloko, particularly from Western sources. During a hearing, Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov refuted these claims and described the case as an unconstitutional attack on political freedom. With President Vladimir Putin's opponents either jailed, exiled, or deceased, Yabloko, meaning "apple" in Russian, is the last remaining liberal party operating within Russia. Despite receiving backing from several exiled opposition figures, including Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late opposition leader Alexey Navalny, a poll earlier this year showed Yabloko with only three percent support, short of the five-percent threshold necessary to enter Russia's lower house. The Kremlin's tightening control over elections has prevented Yabloko from securing seats in the State Duma since 2003. Since then, every parliamentary vote has been won by the ruling United Russia party, which supports Putin. As efforts to resolve the Ukraine war through diplomacy have so far proven unsuccessful, with Putin pushing hardline territorial demands and refusing talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, most Russians favor peace negotiations with Kyiv according to independent polls. The disqualification of Yabloko leaves little room for opposition voices in Russia's upcoming elections.