Russia's central election commission voted on Monday to bar opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running in a presidential election next year, saying he was ineligible because of a past criminal conviction. (Reuters)Russia's central election commission voted on Monday to bar opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running in a presidential election next year, saying he was ineligible because of a past criminal conviction. (Reuters)Election officials on Monday barred Russia’s main ­opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, from challenging President Vladi­mir Putin in the 2018 ­election. Third, we are campaigning against these elections.”Asked whether he would hold protests, the opposition leader said yes. “We’re being asked about street protests against the Central Election Commission decision,” he said.

Source: Washington Post December 25, 2017 17:03 UTC