Independent journalists say campaign workers for Boris Nadezhdin, Russia’s only anti-war candidate, may have sabotaged his ballot registration, but supporters say the report is a hired hit job
Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Boris Nadezhdin on January 31, 2024, at Russia’s Central Election Commission, submitting signatures to advance his presidential candidacy A secret team of campaign workers for Russia’s only anti-war politician, Boris Nadezhdin, may have torpedoed their own candidate’s hopes of making the ballot, according to a new investigation by Novaya Gazeta Europe, though the story has led to bitter mutual recriminations in the Russian opposition.