PoliticsRussia drops Communist candidate from State Duma race over Navalny photo
Russia’s Central Election Commission canceled Communist Party candidate Nikolai Bondarenko’s registration for the State Duma election. He had been fined 1,000 rubles after posting a photo of Alexey Navalny on Telegram, and a Saratov regional court rejected his appeal on September 4.
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Russia drops Communist candidate from State Duma race over Navalny photo