INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pro-peace presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdinsaid he has left Russia for vacation as the country's Supreme Court upheld a decision to bar
decided not to cancel a long-planned and long-awaited small trip for the whole family to a country in Asia," he said, adding that his team
would represent him in court to challenge his disqualification from the March 15-17 presidential race.On Wednesday evening, Nadezhdinsaid
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison
would-be presidential candidate said he plans to challenge the Supreme Court ruling within five days of the ruling, noting that the first
two appeal hearings are scheduled for Feb
26.Nadezhdin has campaigned to end the war in Ukraine.The CEC had said it found "irregularities" in some of the 105,000 signatures Nadezhdin
submitted from Russian citizens who backed his candidacy.Ahead of the court's decision, Nadezhdin's team said the alleged "errors" found
by election authorities included minor typos that occured when handwritten submissions were digitized.AFP contributed reporting.
