Three-Time Putin Challenger Won’t Run In 2024 Race

Bloomberg News reports:

Veteran Russian pro-democracy politician Grigory Yavlinsky decided against running in the upcoming presidential race in which Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure a crushing victory.

Yavlinsky, 71, the three-time candidate, won’t take part in the election, his press service said Saturday.

He would only consider running if he got 10 million signatures to support his candidacy, but only has about 1 million, Yavlinsky said in an interview to an online program run by independent journalists on YouTube.

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