Russia’s Yabloko party was never likely to threaten Vladimir Putin at the ballot box. For more than four years, Putin’s state has worked to make opposition to the invasion politically invisible. Anti-War Is Not Pro-UkraineThere is a crucial distinction between opposing the war and supporting Ukraine. In today’s Russia, showing up outside a courthouse to support an anti-war political party is not a cost-free gesture. Yabloko’s removal demonstrates what the Kremlin itself appears to mean when it lectures others about elections.