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Nadezhdin:

We are preparing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court.

It will be very large. We will try to submit it as soon as possible. The law allows you to do this within 10 days from the date of refusal, that is, no later than February 18.

We will appeal the CEC’s refusal to register me, as well as the laws and acts of the CEC on the basis of which it was issued. In particular, the norms of the Federal Law on the basic guarantees of electoral rights, the norms of the Federal Law on the election of the President of the Russian Federation, and the CEC Resolutions governing the verification of signatures regulate the collection and verification of signatures.

The Supreme Court considers the claim within 5 days, in especially complex cases - up to 10 days. In case of a negative decision of the Supreme Court, we will appeal to the Constitutional Court.

https://t.me/BorisNadezhdin/884

Boris Nadezhdin, the only openly anti-war Russian presidential candidate, filed two lawsuits in the Russian Supreme Court challenging the Russian Central Election Commission's (CEC) refusal to register him as a candidate as the Kremlin continues efforts to suppress popular opposition while trying to preserve the veneer of legitimacy of Russian presidential elections. Nadezhdin filed lawsuits with the Supreme Court challenging the technicalities the CEC used to deny his registration in the presidential election.[9] Nadezhdin stated that he will likely file a third lawsuit against the CEC before February 16.[10] ISW previously assessed that the Kremlin may have reversed its decision to allow Nadezhdin to run after Nadezhdin demonstrated that he might win too many votes for the Kremlin to credibly portray Putin as winning the election by the Kremlin-desired margin, and by extension frame Putin's reelection as an overwhelming referendum on his war effort.[11]

The CEC is unlikely to reverse its decision. The Russian Ministry of Justice included the Russian Election Monitor, a European non-governmental organization (NGO) that publishes expert analyses on Russian elections and observations from independent civilian election observers in Russia, on the list of “undesirable” NGOs in Russia.[12] Chairperson of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Vasily Piskarev justified the “undesirable” designation, claiming that a group of unnamed Polish, French, and German “Russophobe” politicians formed the Russian Election Monitor to “prepare foreign audiences to recognize the presidential elections in Russia as illegitimate.”[13]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-12-2024