A Putin critic is convicted on charges that will keep him from campaigning for Russia’s parliament
Summary
Boris Nadezhdin, a critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, was convicted of displaying “extremist symbols,” which prevents him from running for parliament this year. The conviction is connected to a 2023 video where he showed a picture of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison earlier this year.Key Facts
- Boris Nadezhdin criticized Russia’s military action in Ukraine and wanted to challenge President Putin in the 2024 election.
- He was found guilty of showing “extremist symbols” in a video where he briefly showed a photo of Alexei Navalny.
- Navalny was a jailed opposition leader who died in an Arctic prison in February 2024.
- Nadezhdin’s conviction bars him from running in September’s parliamentary election.
- He was fined 1,000 rubles (about $13) by a court in Dolgoprudny, near Moscow.
- Authorities rejected over 9,000 signatures from Nadezhdin’s presidential campaign, disqualifying him from the March 2024 election.
- The ruling party, United Russia, aims to keep control of the parliament amid growing public frustration over fuel shortages and economic problems linked to the Ukraine conflict.
- Nadezhdin was a government adviser in the 1990s and has served as a lawmaker.
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