Election headquarters of the Russian presidential candidate from the Civil Initiative party Boris Nadezhdin in Novosibirsk
Not beautiful. They are demanding that Nadezhdin be recognized as a foreign agent on the basis that I am Nadezhdin’s chief of staff in Novosibirsk and am a …
Election headquarters of the Russian presidential candidate from the Civil Initiative party Boris Nadezhdin in Novosibirsk
Not beautiful. They are demanding that Nadezhdin be recognized as a foreign agent on the basis that I am Nadezhdin’s chief of staff in Novosibirsk and am a member of the Novosibirsk 2020 Coalition.
I officially declare that I have no relation to Navalny. I am a former member of Yabloko, I was not a member of Navalny’s headquarters, to be honest - I have not seen a single Navalny film (they are too long for me), I was not present at meetings with Navalny. But I’m not going to talk badly about him either - I just know little about his activities. My name in this story is far-fetched. I consider this Borodin’s denunciation to be slander.
Svetlana Kaverzina, chief of the Novosibirsk headquarters of Boris Nadezhdin
I meant to write a little paragraph on this but forgot, so thanks for reminding me.
Basically, the Kremlin has a half-dozen options to stop him running — deny his signatures are legit, declare him a foreign agent, pursue criminal charges, or kill him.
But all of these, to varying degrees, risks agitating the huge number of people who got behind Nadezhdhin. Maybe Putin doesn't care, which might be valid. Maybe he thinks he can permit Nadezhdin to run, then just hamper his campaign and use fraud to make them look marginal. But there's no objectively good option here, for the Kremlin. They all carry risks.
Is this all it takes?
This morning, Jan 29th 2024 on Telegram:
Election headquarters of the Russian presidential candidate from the Civil Initiative party Boris Nadezhdin in Novosibirsk
Not beautiful. They are demanding that Nadezhdin be recognized as a foreign agent on the basis that I am Nadezhdin’s chief of staff in Novosibirsk and am a member of the Novosibirsk 2020 Coalition.
I officially declare that I have no relation to Navalny. I am a former member of Yabloko, I was not a member of Navalny’s headquarters, to be honest - I have not seen a single Navalny film (they are too long for me), I was not present at meetings with Navalny. But I’m not going to talk badly about him either - I just know little about his activities. My name in this story is far-fetched. I consider this Borodin’s denunciation to be slander.
Svetlana Kaverzina, chief of the Novosibirsk headquarters of Boris Nadezhdin
I meant to write a little paragraph on this but forgot, so thanks for reminding me.
Basically, the Kremlin has a half-dozen options to stop him running — deny his signatures are legit, declare him a foreign agent, pursue criminal charges, or kill him.
But all of these, to varying degrees, risks agitating the huge number of people who got behind Nadezhdhin. Maybe Putin doesn't care, which might be valid. Maybe he thinks he can permit Nadezhdin to run, then just hamper his campaign and use fraud to make them look marginal. But there's no objectively good option here, for the Kremlin. They all carry risks.