Exiled Russian opposition urges noon protest vote in Duma elections

Exiled Russian opposition figures, including Ilya Yashin, are promoting a 'Noon for a Peaceful Russia' campaign, urging voters to appear at polling stations at noon on the final day of Duma elections as a legal protest against the war in Ukraine. The campaign, supported by actor Nikita Kukushkin, borrows imagery from a 1971 Vietnam War ad. It is a symbolic act with uncertain impact, but signals continued opposition coordination from exile.