1703382994 Russia pacifist candidate Duntsova excluded from presidential elections

Russia, pacifist candidate Duntsova excluded from presidential elections

He holds court Russia the case Yekaterina Duntsova. The former television journalist announced his decision in the past few days Anti-Putin candidacy at Presidential elections A revolutionary government program is planned for Moscow in March 2024, just think of the return of peace with Ukraine and the release of opponents, including Alexei Navalny, Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza. But the forty-year-old's dreams were shattered Russian Election Commission: Today President Ella Pamfilova announced that Fail his candidacy. The motivation? Alleged “errors in the documents” submitted To for the electoral race, but in reality the Commission's refusal had already been taken into account. And the appeal is ready.

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“She is a young woman, she has her whole life ahead of her,” were the words of the President of the Russian Election Commission. But Duntsova has no intention of taking a step backwards, on the contrary. This was announced by the former face of the small screen will appeal to the Supreme Court Russian against the decision that Pamfilova officially made in the last few hours. An unjustified and anti-democratic decision that accuses Putin's new rival: “This is not the end, tomorrow we will go to the Supreme Court to appeal.” In a message published on her Telegram channel, Duntsova was frank about this political decision: ” We are deprived of the opportunity to have our own representative and to express opinions that differ from the official aggressive discourse.”

Duntsova, a former city councilor in her hometown of Rzhev, asked the liberal Yabloko party for support almost desperate appeal: “We can’t stay with our arms folded. This is the last legal opportunity for citizens to express their dissatisfaction with the policies of the current authorities. Russians must have the opportunity to vote! Thousands of lives depend on your election!” In the event of a victory at the Supreme Court, the former journalist must submit 300,000 signatures by January 31, 2024. As is often the case, the malicious rumors about Dutsova continue. In recent days she has been described by some as a simple anti-system challenger backed by the Kremlin with no chance of success just to stage a democratic contest. Rumors that the person concerned firmly rejects: “Neither the Kremlin, nor the oligarchs, nor the large corporations support me.” Updates are expected in the next few days: the climate is white-hot.