Pro-peace candidate not allowed to run for Russian presidency

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 08 Feb 2024 by Alex Teddy
On February 8 the Central Election Commission made the announcement because there were many mistakes in the signatures of people who nominated him. Boris Nadezhdin is the candidate and he gathered 105,000 signatures, but the CEC invalidated 15% of them. Many of the signatures came from Russians abroad which is lawful.  Because Nadezhdin's party Civic Initiative does not have parliamentary representation he was required to collect signatures to be nominated as a candidate. Nadezhdin promised to end the war immediately if elected and achieve friendship with the West. He has been careful to obey the law and use the term "special military operation". Some oppositionists say that the CEC refused to register Nadezhdin as a candidate because Putin does not want a pro-peace candidate to run.  There is some suggestion that Nadezhdin stands out for his surprising ease of campaigning in the context of shut-downs of any anti-war sentiment. That he has not been allowed to run in the end does not necessarily invalidate this claim. 

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