VILNIUS, Lithuania Not Only Coffee, a small coffee shop in the bohemian district of Užupis, has seen an unprecedented flow of visitors to its basement in the past two days. The basement, which is usually ignored by visitors, now acts as a collection point for signatures endorsing Russian presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin, whose stance against the war in Ukraine has united thousands of Russians. “I believe our efforts are useful, even if Nadezhdin won’t be approved by the electoral commission,” Yekaterina, the signature collection coordinator for Nadezhdin in the Lithuanian capital, told The Moscow Times. “The anti-war community both in and outside of Russia has a chance to feel unity and strength now and we must use it.” Over the past week, the politician running from the Civic Platform party was struggling to collect the 100,000 signatures needed for Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) to approve his candidacy.
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