MOSCOW – The Russian Supreme Court on Saturday turned down the complaint filed by the opposition politician Alexei Navalny who asked the court to overturn a lower court ruling and compel the Central Election Commission to register the voter group which nominated him as a presidential candidate.
The Supreme Court judge ruled that “the decision by the court of first instance of the Supreme Court remain without change, and the appellate complaint of the administrative plaintiff, without satisfaction.”
Thus the decision on the legality of the CEC refusal to allow Navalny to participate in the presidential election has come into effect.
