Brandy Logan
Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has said he has more than 100,000 signatures to register for the country’s upcoming presidential election.
President Vladimir Putin “has made lots of mistakes”, he told the BBC, “not only the special military operation, he destroyed the constitution of Russia”.
Photos on social media have shown people queuing to give their signatures and several opposition figures have voiced their backing for Nadezhdin, though many doubt he will ultimately be allowed to run.
Putin has said he would stand again for a fifth term in office. His re-election is seen as inevitable, with opposition almost non-existent and Russian media completely under his control.
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