Putin opponent Alexei Navalny launches presidential bid
2017-12-25 09:45:08 source：The Washington Post
December 24, 2017
MOSCOW — As a presidential campaign with predictable results kicks off in Russia, opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday announced his dark-horse bid despite the government’s warnings that he will be disqualified before the ballots are printed for the March election.
In a small forest and dacha community in the outer reaches of Moscow, exactly 742 supporters raised small red voting cards in support of the whistleblower turned opposition leader, who over the past half-decade has become the most dogged foe of President Vladimir Putin. Navalny needed at least 500 people to formally nominate him.
“Vladimir Putin, you should not be president anymore,” he said during the meeting of an “initiative group” to register his bid. “You are a bad president. You have no positive platform. We are sending you a message in these elections and are ready to win.”
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