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Russia approves candidates to run against Putin in March election
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The commission approved Leonid Slutsky of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party and Vladislav Davankov of New People for the election, which will take place between March 15th-17th.
Neither candidate poses a significant challenge to Putin, who has dominated Russian politics since becoming president in 2000.
Davankov, meanwhile, is a deputy speaker in the lower house of parliament, the Duma.
The Communist Party has put forth Nikolai Kharitonov as its candidate, but the elections commission has not formally registered him.
Yekaterina Duntsova’s initial nomination by a group of supporters was rejected on the grounds that her paperwork contained errors, including spelling mistakes, and the Supreme Court ultimately rejected Duntsova’s appeal against the decision.
Under Russian law, independent candidates must be nominated by at least 500 supporters, and must also gather at least 300,000 signatures from 40 regions or more.
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