Russia’s elections commission has said it found “dead souls” among the more than 100,000 signatures of support submitted by Boris Nadezhdin, the sole anti-war candidate in next month’s presidential election, in a sign that he could be disqualified from a carefully managed ballot meant to deliver victory for Vladimir Putin.

Nadezhdin, a veteran politician who has associated with Kremlin insiders and the opposition to Putin, has been waging a last-minute campaign to get on the ballot for the election, with thousands of Russians standing for hours in the freezing cold to add their signature in his support.

While Nadezhdin has not yet been disqualified, Friday’s briefing at the central elections commission indicated that he could be removed in the run-up to the vote. He has been summoned to the commission on Monday for a review of the “errors” among his signatures.

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  • @CinnerB
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    -1610 months ago

    Removed by mod

    • OctopusKurwa
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      1810 months ago

      Congratulations you added nothing to the conversation and you were a prick about it.

      • monk
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        310 months ago

        I visualize that as you turning in between the two commenters mid-sentence, telling off both of them.

        • @CinnerB
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          110 months ago

          That was a great visual 😄

          We both needed it.

      • @CinnerB
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        -1810 months ago

        My dearest apologies, my dear lad or lady, I must be misinformed. I was under the mistaken assumption that we didn’t want Lemmy turning into reddit memefest of smoothbrainery. It shal’nt’nt happen again.

        Tips fedora and walks away

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      810 months ago

      And you win the even more coveted Most Pettily Useless Comment award! Congratulations!

      • @CinnerB
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        -810 months ago

        I am honored my dear Scandinavian lady!

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          210 months ago

          Got the gender wrong, but you’re welcome, I guess 🤷

          • FuglyDuck
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            210 months ago

            it’s the beards, so confusing.

          • @CinnerB
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            10 months ago

            My sincerest apologies, masculine thor-like man of the natural penis-born variety.

            • @Viking_Hippie
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              410 months ago

              Apologies accepted, rudely sarcastic stranger.

              • @CinnerB
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                010 months ago

                🙏🏽