"Russia's Central Election Commission Invalidates 15% of Signatures for Boris Nadezhdin's Presidential Candidacy"

Russia’s Central Election Commission has rejected 15 percent of the signatures submitted by presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin, with his campaign headquarters stating that they have a 15.348% invalidity rate. Nadezhdin plans to fight to get some of the rejected signatures declared valid, needing to recover about 4,500 out of 9,209. If the CEC refuses to register him, Nadezhdin intends to appeal the decision to the Russian Supreme Court, with an official decision on his candidacy expected on February 7.