The appeal of the Russian candidate excluded from the elections: “Southern Italy against Putin”

2024-03-17 09:47:57

Time.news – One of the candidates “excluded” by the Russian Central Election Commission’s veto from the presidential elections underway in Russia, the pacifist Boris Nadehzdin, has launched an appeal to join the initiative launched by his opponent Aleksei Navalny, who died in prison a month ago , of the so-called “South against Putin” or PPP according to the Russian acronym. Speaking to reporters at a polling station in the Moscow region’s town of Dolgoprudny, Nadezhdin said he believed that “the Russian people today have the opportunity to show their position on what is happening by voting not for Putin, but for someone anything else, like I did.”

The initiative, relaunched by Navalny’s widow, Yulia, involves voters all going to vote for alternative candidates to Putin at noon today, creating queues at the polling stations. In addition to receiving the support of almost all oppositionists in exile, such as tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the form of protest was also supported by opponents within Russia such as Ekaterina Duntsova, who attempted to run in the presidential elections, but was not registered by the electoral commission. In an effort to thwart the opposition’s plans, the Russian Prosecutor’s Office has repeated its warning three times that calling for or participating in such actions could lead to prison sentences for obstructing the electoral process. So far, no arrests have been reported for participating in the action.