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Navalny will reportedly file his presidential candidacy paperwork in the next two weeks

Source: Dozhd

The Navalny campaign is putting the final touches on the registration paperwork it will submit to Russia’s Central Election Commission. The opposition politician has reportedly completed nearly all the documents necessary to register his candidacy.

Before submitting these documents, however, applicants must physically assemble an advocacy group of at least 500 people. Navalny’s campaign says it will stage assemblies in 20 cities across Russia on December 24. 

The television network Dozhd warns that Navalny is also required to submit the candidacy paperwork to the Central Election Commission in person, and he runs the risk of being arrested en route to the building.

Russian election law states that persons wishing to run for president, after assembling at least 500 people in an advocacy group and submitting the candidacy paperwork in person, can begin campaign fundraising and start collecting the necessary 300,000 signatures to become independent candidates.

Ella Pamfilova, the chairperson of Russia’s Central Election Commission has declared repeatedly that Navalny’s application will be rejected on the grounds that he has a felony conviction that prevents him, by law, from running for elected office at this time. Navalny has called this restriction unconstitutional, but Russia’s Constitutional Court has upheld the law.

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