Since President Vladimir Putin indicated interest in bid for re-election, which should he be successfully and actually complete the coming term would make him Russia's defactor ruler for 24 years running.
This does't come as a surprise, since the Russian strong man seems to have already made up his mind but was waiting for the right time to drop the bomb.
This news didn't go well with some citizens as the took to various median groups to register their dismay.
One of such is the main opposition in Russia, and goes by the name boldAlexei Navalnyi who isn't backing down at least for now
Standing as the main opposition figure against the Kremlin, one would wonder what drives the man or simply put make him fearless where there is much to fear. As we all know it nothing and no one that has opposed the Kremlin goes scot free.
So what do we know about boldAlexei Navalnyi
- He is 41 years of age
- He is charismatic, courageous, persistent and also got skill's
- He can in to political limelight in 2008 thanks to his blogs that exposed corruption in Russian politics
- In 2011 he was arrested and spent 15 days in jail for staging a protest
- He was jailed again for 5 years on embezzlement charge's though released the next day
- He ran for mayoral election in 2013 and finished second runner up
- In April 2017 he was physically assaulted and hit in the eye by a chemical green dye
Need I state here, that Alexi Navalnyi might not even get the chance to exctually participate in the elections as the Kremlin has warned that he was banned based on the charges of embezzlement against him and that his name might not even be printed on the ballot since he was already disqualified.
In the coming days its is obvious that more news would roll out.
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