# Russia drops Communist candidate from State Duma race over Navalny photo

https://mins.news/en/item/48578

- Meduza, 2026-09-07 15:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/07/russia-drops-communist-party-candidate-from-state-duma-race-for-posting-a-photo-of-navalny

> 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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