A 21-year-old candidate for Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party documented her campaign for the St. Petersburg legislature

A 21-year-old candidate for Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party documented her campaign for the St. Petersburg legislature

Russia’s elections are over, and Yabloko faced unprecedented pressure throughout them. The party’s federal list was removed from the ballot back in the summer, and its regional lists followed. Only one survived, in the Novgorod region. Yabloko candidates running for regional legislatures in single-member districts complained of pressure, and several were removed from the ballot. The outlet Bereg has published the diary of Marina Peslyak, a 21-ye…