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Russia could disqualify candidate hoping to stand against Putin over 'errors' in his bid for presidential election (www.lemonde.fr)

submitted 9 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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Boris Nadezhdin, 60, sparked queues all over Russia in January when supporters submitted signatures so he could be registered as an official candidate in the presidential election. On Wednesday, he handed in more than the 100,000 required signatures to the Central Election Commission, which is expected to rule next week on whether he will be allowed to stand.

Now his hopes of challenging the current president could be dashed by claims that the signatures are from deceased individuals.

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Wouldn’t it look better for propaganda reasons to have at least some opposing candidates?

Yes, that's why propaganda talk shows there always have a guest with a somewhat critical tone. Obviously that one always loses the debate.