Boris Nadezhdin received more than 100,000 signatures from Russians for his presidential candidacy. Now the Russian election commission has declared that it has found “errors,” as the Guardian reports. While Nadezdin has not yet been disqualified, news from the Central Election Commission suggests he could be disqualified ahead of the election. He was formerly an advisor to Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin's domestic policy chief, and his close contacts with the government are controversial. He is scheduled to appear before the commission on Monday to examine the “ errors” in his signatures.
The majority of Russians accept the war against Ukraine without complaint. But now, some of the wives of conscripted men are starting to go public with their frustration. They could become a problem for Putin.
Sixteen-year-old Yegor Bazalzeikin threw a Molotov cocktail at a military recruitment office in protest against the war. His trial for terrorism started this week. The family s lives have been turned upside down.
Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin sent tens of thousands of prisoners to the front lines in Ukraine. Many of them never came back. The aunt and mother of two dead soldiers refuse to remain silent.