In order to run for the position of President in the March 2024 elections, Boris Nadezhdin must collect 100,000 signatures from Russian voters by today, January 25.
Over the weekend, queues formed in many Russian and foreign cities to sign the nomination of politician Boris Nadezhdin for the post of Russian president, the BBC reports.
Nadezhdin is running from the non-parliamentary party “Civil Initiative”, so he needs to collect 100,000 signatures to get on the ballot.
The nomination of the politician caused controversy in the Russian opposition, but many of its representatives are now calling for Nadezhda’s signature, calling the action a legitimate form of protest against the war in Ukraine.
The Russian opposition viewed Nadezhdin’s nomination with skepticism. Already in the autumn, the Russian media wrote that the Kremlin was thinking of him as a “liberal candidate” for the fight with Putin for the presidency. (Just as in the 2018 elections, this role was played by TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak).
However, Nadezhdin claimed that he did not coordinate his candidacy with the Kremlin.
2024-01-25 04:31:32
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