Rejected Russian Candidate Nadezhdin Recruits Observers For Presidential Election

Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin, whom election officials refused to register as a candidate for this month's presidential election, announced on March 6 what he called the recruitment of "observers" for the vote. The 60-year-old anti-war politician did not say how the recruitment will be implemented, as given the rejection of his candidacy by the election officials he has no right to organize a monitoring process for the March 15-17 election. On March 4, the Appeals Board of Russia's Supreme Court upheld a Central Election Commission decision to bar Nadezhdin from being registered because of what it called invalid signatures of support in his application. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.