Russia’s central election commission voted on December 25 to bar opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running in a presidential election next year, saying he was ineligible because of a past criminal conviction.
Reuters: Putin critic Navalny barred from Russian presidential election
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.
