As Russia gears up for its upcoming parliamentary elections, underdog candidate Polina Lermant of the liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political force inside Russia to oppose the war in Ukraine, is braving the odds with her anti-war campaign ▻ ↧ Meet the anti-war candidate risking plenty to challenge Russia's ru... As a digital billboard behind her displays an advert urging Russians to sign up to fight in Ukraine, Polina Lermant tries to hand out flyers to passers-by urging them to "vote for peace". It's ​a risky enterprise.