US EditionRussia's top court upholds decision barring anti-Ukraine war hopeful from presidential race
- Liberal politician Boris Nadezhdin was barred from running in the upcoming Russian presidential election by the Supreme Court.
- Nadezhdin secured 105,000 signatures from the Civic Initiative party to run, focusing his campaign on stopping Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
- Four candidates, including President Putin, have been approved for the election by Kremlin-friendly parties, with many considering them token contenders.
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Russian presidential election: Top court upholds decision barring anti-war candidate; Nadezhdin vows to appeal
The Russian supreme court, on Monday (Mar 4) upheld a ruling which barred anti-war presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin from contesting in the upcoming election. This comes weeks after Nadezhdin had conceded saying he does not have a chance to appear on the March ballot. Russian supreme court ruling Nadezhdin, 60, had filed an appeal against a decision taken by Russia’s Central Election Commission to bar him from being registered for running ag…
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Russia's top court upholds decision barring anti-Ukraine war hopeful from presidential race
Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling barring liberal politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in the upcoming presidential election. Nadezhdin, a city council member, was nominated by the Civic Initiative party to run in an election President Vladimir Putin is…
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Monday upheld a decision by Russia's Central Election Commission, which in early February disqualified opponents of the war, Boris Nadezhdin, from the Russian presidential election because of irregularities in the collected signatures needed to run for office. Kommersant reports about this.
Russia's Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Rejecting Anti-War Candidate From Running For President
The Appeal Board of the Russian Supreme Court on March 4 rejected anti-war presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin’s latest appeal of a Central Election Commission (TsIK) decision to bar him from being registered to run in the March 15-17 presidential election.
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