NYT > World News They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running? Par : Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne 20 septembre 2026 à 17:16 The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views. © Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesGrigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.