Boris Nadezhdine, 60, has submitted the signatures of more than 100,000 voters necessary to launch his presidential campaign. The Kremlin does not hide its disdain for Nadejdine: “We do not consider him as a competitor,” Dmitri Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian president, told the press.
“My candidacy gives people a unique opportunity to legally protest current policies,’ said this sturdy man with a short gray beard and close-cropped hair, whose name refers to the word “hope” (nadejda)