Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has declined to register Boris Nadezhdin, a Tashkent-born candidate against the Ukrainian war, as a presidential candidate. Nikolai Bulayev, the deputy chairman of the CEC, stated that out of 104,700 signature sheets, 95,800 were deemed valid. However, 11 signatures were found to belong to deceased individuals.
Nadezhdin’s response to CEC’s Decision
Nadezhdin expressed his disagreement with the CEC’s decision on his Telegram channel. He stated that he had gathered over 200,000 signatures across Russia openly and honestly. He further added that he plans to appeal the CEC’s refusal in the Supreme Court of Russia. Nadezhdin emphasized that the refusal was not just against him, but against the tens of mn of people hoping for change.
Born on April 26, 1963, in Tashkent, Nadezhdin moved to Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, in 1969. In the late 90s, he served as an adviser to the politician Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015, and later to Sergei Kiriyenko, the first deputy head of the Russian presidential administration.
The Only Anti-War Candidate
Nadezhdin, a former State Duma deputy, began his campaign last autumn. He was nominated by the non-parliamentary Civil Initiative party in late December, and the CEC permitted him to start collecting signatures. Despite his varied political journey and criticism, Nadezhdin was the only candidate who directly opposed the continuation of the war in Ukraine, terming the decision to launch military action as a “fatal mistake”.
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