PoliticsRussian Green Party State Duma candidate Yulia Kuznetsova disappears in Moscow

Yulia Kuznetsova, a State Duma candidate for Russia’s Green Party, stopped answering calls on September 17 after a voter meeting in Moscow. Her team says she may be held at a police station, while election officials claim she withdrew her polling-station observers. Before disappearing, Kuznetsova said a document bearing her signature had been forged.

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