After being excluded from the Russian presidential elections, journalist Yekaterina Duntsova now wants to found her own party. “This will be the party of everyone who stands for peace, freedom and democracy,” she said on Wednesday.
Russia’s Supreme Court had previously rejected Duntsova’s appeal against her exclusion from next year’s elections. As reported, Russia’s election commission justified Duntsova’s exclusion last week with “errors” in its documents. However, Duntsova said she refuses to “give up.”
Peace activist in the province
The peace activist has so far only been politically active as a municipal councilor in the Russian province (see video above). Among other things, she publicly spoke out against the war in Ukraine. “We must take action to make our voices heard,” she continued. She hopes this will give the Russian people “the right to live without fear, to speak freely and to have confidence in the future.”
According to the electoral commission, 29 candidates have now registered for next year’s presidential elections. To actually participate in the elections in mid-March, independent people, i.e. those not supported by a party, must collect 300,000 signatures from supporters after submitting their application to the electoral commission.
Exclusion of the opposition
Incumbent Vladimir Putin announced his candidacy for a fifth term as president in early December, and his re-election is considered certain. The Kremlin has been excluding opposition members from elections and from political life in general for years. This development has further accelerated since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022.
Source: Krone
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