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submitted 5 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Russia’s elections commission has said it found “dead souls” among the more than 100,000 signatures of support submitted by Boris Nadezhdin, the sole anti-war candidate in next month’s presidential election, in a sign that he could be disqualified from a carefully managed ballot meant to deliver victory for Vladimir Putin.

Nadezhdin, a veteran politician who has associated with Kremlin insiders and the opposition to Putin, has been waging a last-minute campaign to get on the ballot for the election, with thousands of Russians standing for hours in the freezing cold to add their signature in his support.

While Nadezhdin has not yet been disqualified, Friday’s briefing at the central elections commission indicated that he could be removed in the run-up to the vote. He has been summoned to the commission on Monday for a review of the “errors” among his signatures.

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[-] iarigby@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

Doing this to the puppet “opponent” that they themselves came up with, to create an illusion that he’s a real candidate… So messed up, they’re laughing in people’s faces

[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The puppet opponent that's openly against the war?

[-] summerof69@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

Yes. Real opponents that are against the war are either imprisoned or abroad. He might be getting out of control, but not for long.

[-] iarigby@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It’s a commonly known fact. I was surprised that people here didn’t know.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Also he is only one that said he wants to win. Nobody else said that.

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