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Opposition leader Alexei Navalny barred from challenging Putin in 2018 vote

© Andrey Borodulin, AFP | Russian jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a court hearing in Moscow on June 16, 2017.

Text by NEWS WIRES

Latest update : 2017-12-25

Russia’s central election commission voted on Monday to bar opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running in a presidential election next year, saying he was ineligible because of a past criminal conviction.

The commission said the conviction, for which Navalny received a suspended sentence and which he has repeatedly described as politically-motivated, meant he could not run for president in March.

Twelve members of the 13-member commission voted to bar Navalny. One member of the commission abstained, citing a possible conflict of interest.

Polls show President Vladimir Putin is on course to be comfortably re-elected, meaning he could remain in power until 2024.

Navalny, 41, has been jailed three times this year and charged with breaking the law by repeatedly organising public meetings and rallies.

(REUTERS)

 

Date created : 2017-12-25

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