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Russian authorities cast doubt on antiwar hopeful’s election bid

Boris Nadezhdin, a representative of Civil Initiative party, plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election [File: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters]

The  Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia has found flaws in documents backing Boris Nadezhdin’s bid to run in next month’s presidential vote, he has said.

The CEC informed the aspiring antiwar candidate on Monday that it had found 15 percent of the signatures he submitted to access the electoral race to be invalid, Nadezhdin said. The commission could now block his bid to enter the election.

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