Posted on 12/23/2023 7:11:41 PM PST by Libloather
A former TV journalist and Ukraine War critic has been disqualified from running against Russian President Vladimir Putin in next year’s presidential election.
Yekaterina Duntsova, 40, an independent politician who wanted to run on a platform to end the war with Ukraine, had her candidacy application unanimously rejected by the country’s electoral commission on Saturday, which cited "numerous violations" in the papers she had submitted.
Duntsova had submitted her application on Wednesday having secured the endorsement of 500 supporters as required by Russian election law.
The commission found 100 errors in her nomination papers, including mistakes in the spelling of names, according to a Telegram channel close to Duntsova’s campaign.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) also had reason to believe that the minutes of the meeting with her supporters were prepared after the meeting itself, according to the Russian news outlet Kommersant. That meant that the election commission could not establish the size of the group itself, or its composition.
The decision is almost certain to reinforce critics' views that the Kremlin will not tolerate any serious contender to go up against Putin in what will be the first presidential election since the start of the 22-month-long war with Ukraine. They have long viewed it as a fake process with only one possible outcome.
Duntsova, who is also a lawyer and was a member of a local legislature, wrote on Telegram that she would challenge the decision in the Supreme Court, calling it unjustified and undemocratic.
"With this political decision, we are deprived of the opportunity to have our own representative and express views that differ from the official aggressive discourse," Duntsova wrote.
She also appealed to the leaders of the Yabloko (Apple) political party to nominate her as a candidate, as she said she would be unable to convene...
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Yes. Putin =Biden. Autocrats are all the same.
Sounds like a banana republic.
“Russiarado”
Democrat thugs are sooooo jealous...
Sounds like Colorado.
Indeed, it does.
Let me guess:
Removed from the ballot
her lawyers sued and bankrupted by the state
supporters harassed and fined for illegal gathering
charged with election violations occupying her time
attacked in government-run media constantly
American pro-America candidate blocked from facing Biden in presidential election
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