Alexei Navalny barred from Russia presidential poll

Russia's Central Electoral Commission formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the 23 June 2017 from taking part in the country's 2018 Presidential Election.

The Commission said he could not stand because he had earlier been found guilty at a February 2017 retrial of embezzlement and given a suspended sentence. Navalny called the trial 'politically motivated'. The verdict in an original trial had been quashed by the European Court of Human rights in 2016.

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Deutsche Welle, 23.06.17: Navalny barred from Russia's presidential election http://p.dw.com/p/2fIR2

ESO: Background information: Russia protests: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced http://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-protests-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-sentenced/

ESO: Background information: Statement by the Spokesperson on the verdict in the trial of Alexei Navalny, February 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-by-the-spokesperson-on-the-verdict-in-the-trial-of-alexei-navalny/

ESO: Background information: Russia's spring of discontent: A threat to Putin? http://www.europeansources.info/record/russias-spring-of-discontent-a-threat-to-putin/

Wikipedia: Alexei Navalny presidential campaign, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Navalny_presidential_campaign,_2018

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