INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
have stood in long lines to show their support for presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin in recent days.Despite an ongoing debate over
whether or not Nadezhdin is a Kremlin-backed spoiler candidate, the politician has nonetheless kindled hope for some pro-peace Russians in
election.Some of them told The Moscow Times that supporting the politician is their only means of expressing dissatisfaction with the
in the Moscow region, he was elected to the federal State Duma in 1999 as a member of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) party
That decade, he worked as an adviser for opposition leader and then-Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov and then as an aide to former Prime
becoming one of the few political figures to do so.The presidential hopeful also drew support from families of mobilized soldiers in the
Nadezhdin were seen across the country, including in cities like St
like Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, Israel, Germany, Spain and others.The long lines for Nadezhdin indicate that there is still a significant
election law, a presidential hopeful running from a party not represented in parliament must collect 100,000 signatures of endorsement, with
no more than 2,500 from each of Russia's regions.Though Nadezhdin hit the milestone of 100,000 signatures needed for the Central Election
The sign on the door reads "Boris Nadezhdin's headquarters: Push the door to the future."Alexander Nemenov / AFPSeveral Russian public
figures, including politician Maxim Katz, exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky and allies of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny,
have declared their support for Nadezhdin.Yekaterina Duntsova, a former city councilor whose presidential bid was rejected due to alleged
to be present at polling stations.Presidential candidate Vladislav Davankov of the New People party also left his signature on Monday in
independent political figure with his own views
barred from registering if they fail to collect enough signatures, if the majority of signatures are deemed unreliable by government experts
or if most signatures are declared invalid, often due to errors in passport data, said Stanislav Andreychuk, a board member at Golos,
especially because challenging the conclusion of experts is almost impossible," Andreychuk said.Months before Putin announced his bid for
the presidency, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin had no doubts about whether the incumbent president would win
the presidency.People in outside Boris Nadezhdin's headquarters in Voronezh.MTAccording to Grashenkov, the Kremlin is yet to decide if it
