party leader Civil Initiative –center-right liberal–, Boris NadejdinThis Wednesday, he presented the necessary signatures before the Central Election Commission to register his candidacy for the presidential elections. Russia next March 17th. One of the main differences with other candidates Discussing the throne with current president Vladimir Putin, the only one talking about it sit down to negotiate with Ukraine and criticized the management of the conflict.
“Boris hasn’t been jailed yet, but he will be“. This is how the propagandist put it in September 2022 Vladimir SolovyovThe same person who called for “the burning of Madrid”, among many other provocative insults on public television, on the Pervy Channel talk show, one of the most important programs in the country. Commentators fully criticized his proposal to sit down with Kiev officials.
In an interview with the Associated Press agency a few days before the talk show, Nadezhdin said the negotiations were ” always possible and everywhere.” However, he explained that the problem with the annexed regions was as follows: Crimea And Donbas It was a little more complicated. In particular, he pointed out that it was unrealistic to evaluate the talks at that time, as neither side was willing to surrender. He had previously commented that the country could spend more on its citizens, following unusual heating outages in some parts of the country. We will allocate a lot of resources to the army.
On another occasion, on the above-mentioned Pervy Channel program, he assured that the Soviet Union had invaded Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe, which did him a lot of good. negative comments The same commentators who insist that the Soviet Army “liberated these regions.” From another television channel He openly criticized intelligence agents Who advised Putin to start attacking Ukraine. These would reveal to him that Ukrainian resistance would occur. short and ineffective.
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This dynamic, unlike other candidates, ray of hope Some voters waited in long queues to support the candidacy with their signatures. In total, Nadezhdin managed to collect approximately 105,000 signatures.
Although he knows it is difficult to fight for the presidential position, this 60-year-old pacifist accepts the challenge of putting it all on the line. He is an experienced man in the political arena, having started in politics before. year 1999 He served as a deputy of the Union of Right Forces party in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, and served in this position until 2003. Later, he held different minor positions in some regional governments.
He’s been behind the scenes for a while, so he’s little known to the public who are just starting to see him. choice In the March elections. According to the AFP news agency, he declared his candidacy as “a unique opportunity related to to protest legally It’s against current politics.”
Other candidates who wanted to run also met too many obstacles A situation they cannot overcome, like Yekaterina Duntsova, who announced her intention to participate in the presidential elections in November. He was excluded from the race after the Central Election Commission rejected his candidacy. He condemned the blocking of his bank account and other pressures.