anti—war candidate boris nadyezhdin was hoping to challenge vladimir putin in next month's elections.r his candidacy. in a post on social media, he says he'll appeal to the supreme court. a previously low— profile politician, boris nadezhdin was the only anti—war figure left as a prospective candidate. tell us a bit of the context behind this. .,. . tell us a bit of the context behind this. ., . ., , tell us a bit of the context behind this. .. ., , .., ., this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed _ this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed to _ this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed to collect - russia is supposed to collect 100,000 signatures from members of the public who are willing to endorse their candidacy. russia's central electoral commission disqualified more than 50% of the signatures collected by him which means he will not be allowed to run. this ruling comes as no surprise to anyone at all because kevin how tightly the kremlin controls russia's electoral system it is hard to believe anything that is not allowed to happen within that sy