The electoral commission now has ten days to rule on the candidacy of Boris Nadejdine, knowing that there is, in addition to the number of signatures, a question of quota per administrative entity to be respected.
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A competitor for Vladimir Putin? Opposition candidate Boris Nadejdine announced on Telegram on Wednesday January 31 that he had submitted 105,000 citizen signatures to the central electoral commission. This is more than the 100,000 required to be registered for the presidential election, supposed to be held from March 15 to 17. The electoral commission will have to rule on Boris Nadejdine’s candidacy in the next ten days, knowing that there is, in addition to the number of signatures, a question of quota per administrative entity to be respected.
Little known to the general public, this veteran of Russian political life advocates “the end” of the assault in Ukraine and denounces the authoritarian drift of Vladimir Putin. His candidacy has sparked unexpected enthusiasm in recent days, with tens of thousands of Russians mobilizing to support him.
Aged 60, the person concerned, however, has few illusions about the result of the presidential election, as the re-election of Vladimir Putin, in power since 2000, seems obvious. “But I hope that March 17 will perhaps mark the end, the beginning of the end of the Putin era”he confided in an interview with AFP, Wednesday January 24.
