Boris Nadezhdin seeks to run in the March 17 presidential election in Russia. The question now is whether authorities will allow him on the ballot.
The stocky, bespectacled 60-year-old local legislator and academic has struck a chord with the public, openly calling for a halt to the conflict in Ukraine, the end of mobilizing Russian men for the military, and starting a dialogue with the West. He also has criticized the country’s repression of LGBTQ+ activism.
He better stay away from any windows not on the ground floor.
He better install Linux on his PC. Windows can be deadly 🪟💀
Yeah there we go. I’ve never heard of this guy before, but the description doesn’t paint him to be just another a lesser evil at least. I hope this guy gains momentum.
Hopefully that momentum is not gathered at a rate of 9.8 (m/s)/s.
Does anyone believe they have non-rigged elections in Russia?
It doesn’t matter how many people they let run, they’re never winning.
It’s actually very hard to override people’s votes. Countries like this usually take unused votes and put them in the government’s candidate AFAIK. There’s nothing they can do if he actually makes it on the ballot and, say, all of Russia votes for him. Which is why anyone with a risk of something like that happening is executed by suicide.
