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Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny cannot run for presidency

The Central Election Commission said, "Navalny does not have passive suffrage".

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny can not run for presidency because of his criminal conviction, the Central Election Commission, said in a statement on Friday.

"Navalny does not have passive suffrage," said the statement, meaning he was ineligible to run for office.

Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement in February and given a five-year suspended prison sentence in a court case, which he claims was organised to stop him from running for the presidential post.

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