Russia has blocked this pro-peace woman journalist from running against president Vladimir Putin.
Yekaterina Duntsova, the 40-year-old independent politician who declared her intention to run in the 2024 presidential election, waves inside the Central Election Commission headquarters in Moscow. (Photo by Vera Savina / AFP)
Yekaterina Duntsova, a 40-year-old TV journalist turned politician, had tried to run on a campaign of ending the war in Ukraine and freeing political prisoners.
Yekaterina Duntsova, a 40-year-old independent politician who declared her intention to run in the 2024 presidential election, attends a meeting at the Central Election Commission in Moscow. (Photo by Arden Arkman / AFP)
She also wanted to initiate democratic reforms and support minorities such as LGBTQ people, whose rights have been coming under attack under Putin’s rule.
Yekaterina Duntsova (R), a 40-year-old independent politician who declared her intention to run in the 2024 presidential election, holds flowers and poses with supporters outside the Central Election Commission in Moscow. (Photo by Arden Arkman / AFP)
Duntsova registered to run on Wednesday Dec. 20 but the Russian Electoral Commission rejected her application three days later, saying she had 100 mistakes on her form.
Yekaterina Duntsova, the 40-year-old independent politician who declared her intention to run in the 2024 presidential election, arrives at the Central Election Commission to submit documents, in Moscow. (Photo by Vera Savina / AFP)
Duntsova said she will appeal the decision at the Supreme Court.
Yekaterina Duntsova, the 40-year-old independent politician who declared her intention to run in the 2024 presidential election, talks to an AFP reporter in Moscow. (Photo by Vera Savina / AFP)
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia, opposition politician Lyubov Sobol and other demonstrators take part in a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in downtown Moscow. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
