If the Kremlin decides to hold elections in 2024 and especially if Vladimir Putin runs again, at least some in the Russian opposition are already thinking about finding “a representative of the free part of Russian society” to run against him, much as Belarusians did before the last Belarusian election.
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Paul A. Goble: Is Russian opposition going to pursue a Belarusian tactic in 2024 presidential elections?
Boris Vishnevsky, an opposition candidate running for parliament in St. Petersburg, poses with an election poster featuring nearly identical photos of him and two other candidates. To obstruct Vishnevsky’s campaign, the candidates changed their first and last names to Boris Vishnevsky and also altered their appearance to resemble him.
