Moscow braces for renewed protests after opposition politicians excluded from city elections

Locked out of forthcoming city council elections, Moscow’s opposition politicians have called upon their supporters to force a rare U-turn from the Kremlin. By Tuesday afternoon, almost all of the independent candidates standing for election had been told they would not be allowed to run.
In contrast, the vast majority of the 216 given the green light were supporters of Vladimir Putin. 


Further rulings by local electoral committees tomorrow are not expected to change the overall picture.  Russian authorities have introduced demanding new rules in the run-up to the 8 September vote. For the first time, those not running on party lists have been made to collect signatures from 3 per cent of their electorate. The new regulations automatically exclude candidates if 10 per cent of their signatures are for whatever reason deemed invalid... read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/moscow-braces-for-renewed-protests-after-opposition-politicians-excluded-from-city-elections-a9007166.html

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