Russia's election commission gives Boris Nadezhdin go-ahead to collect signatures for candidacy

Nadezhdin was nominated to run in the presidential election by the Civil Initiative party. He now needs to collect 100,000 voter signatures.

The CEC unanimously voted to reject the candidacy of another presidential hopeful, Yekaterina Duntsova, on 23 December, citing her failure to establish an electoral association. She appealed the decision but the Supreme Court rejected her claim. Duntsova said that if the CEC registered Nadezhdin, her team would be ready to assist him in collecting signatures.