Russia’s Central Election Commission has approved more than 400 candidates from Yabloko, the country’s oldest liberal political party, to run in September’s parliamentary elections on a pro-peace platform, the party said Wednesday. The party’s registration allows 269 candidates on its federal list and 135 single-mandate candidates to compete nationwide for seats in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament. Election authorities had flagged discrepancies in application documents for 25 Yabloko candidates earlier in July, but only one candidate was disqualified after the commission certified the party’s revised filings. The federal approval contrasts sharply with the hurdles facing Yabloko candidates in regional and local races set to take place alongside the parliamentary elections. Two other parties currently without State Duma representation were also approved to run candidates.