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It’s Official: Boris Nadezhdin Denied Chance to Run Against Putin
‘Thousands’ of signatures were allegedly falsified, according to Russian Central Election commission
Above are the faces of the bureaucrats assigned to crush the hopes of millions of Russians across the globe. Hoping for an opportunity to legally express their dislike of Vladimir Putin, thousands of Russian citizens waited hours in sub-zero weather to sign their names, requesting that Nadezhdin be permitted to run in the upcoming election.
Look again at these faces of inspired, life-positive bureaucrats. These are the kinds of people who regularly tell their children, “Stop dreaming! Go to your room and check the boxes with the pen you got for your birthday.” These people and their work as overseers of Russia’s elections were the last line of defense between a genuine opportunity for millions of average Russians to declare in one voice: We do not support this tyrant and his war of genocide against Ukraine. Alas, fearing that unified voice and what it could mean, the forces ever plotting a violent end for Putin, the Kremlin decided to end all of the silliness before it went any further.
It’s not like we didn’t expect that, after all.
