Boris Nadezhdine, opposed to the invasion of Ukraine, collected the signatures of more than 100,000 voters supporting him. At 60 years old, the person concerned has few illusions about the result of the presidential election, as the re-election of Vladimir Putin seems obvious.
“My candidacy gives people a unique opportunity to legally protest against current policy,” said this former advisor to Boris Nemtsov, an opponent assassinated in 2015. It is difficult to know how far this elected official from a town on the outskirts of Moscow can go, but the Kremlin in any case does not hide its disdain towards him.