Anti-war Russian candidate blocked from running against Putin in election
Russia's main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow's military action in Ukraine on the ballot for next month's presidential election.
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![Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who is seeking to run in the March 17 presidential election, centre, speaks to journalists after a meeting of the Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Russia's main election authority on Thursday refused to allow Boris Nadezhdin, opposing Moscow's military action in Ukraine, on the ballot for the upcoming presidential election. A bearded, bespectacled, balding man in a blazer and collared shirt holds his arms out while speaking before a bank of microphones. A few other people, men and women, are shown behind him.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7108637.1707392895!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/russia-election.jpg)
Russia's main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow's military action in Ukraine on the ballot for next month's presidential election.