The Russian authorities’ decision to bar opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running in next year’s presidential election raises questions about the vote, the European Union’s foreign service said in a statement on December 26.
Reuters: EU questions Russia’s 2018 vote after Navalny decision
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks on at the Domodedovo airport hall shortly after being released from a previous prison sentence in Moscow on October 22, 2017.