Putin faces new anti-war challenge from election candidate | Mark Galeotti

A Russian politician who opposes the war in Ukraine is trying to run against Vladymir Putin in the countrys March presidential elections.

Boris Nadezhdin needs at least 100,000 signatures from a minimum of 40 regions across Russia to be in the running – and is urging his supporters to get behind him.

Mark Galeotti Russian specialist, senior fellow with RUSI, and honorary professor at University College London explains why Boris is a threat to Putin.
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