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RFE/RL: Navalny submits documents to Election Commission, demands to take part in presidential vote

Published Dec. 25, 2017 at 9:34 am

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny delivers a speech during a meeting with his supporters in Moscow on December 24, 2017.Alexei Navalny, seen as the only Russian opposition leader who stands a fighting chance of challenging strongman Vladimir Putin, seeks to get his name on the ballot for a March vote, with supporters gathering across Russia to endorse the move. / AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV

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Russian anticorruption activist and opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has submitted documents needed to be registered as a presidential candidate to the country’s Central Election Commission.

“An election without us is not an election,” Navalny declared before submitting the papers late on December 24.