Now that Mikhail Khodorkovsky is no longer eligible to stand for Russian Duma Seat #201, it looks like the race is wide open. Which means, of course, that candidates are popping out of the woodwork left, right, and centre (not to mention a few other interesting locations):
Renowned satirist Viktor Shenderovich and former Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar’s daughter have joined an increasingly circus-like race for a State Duma seat in a Moscow by-election, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s campaign team said Tuesday that it would support one of the two because it could not find a suitable candidate to replace the jailed billionaire.
My star candidate at the moment, though, has to be retired FSB Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov. He’s currently in jail, accused of attempting to assassinate energy oligarch Anatoly Chubais.
Oh, Mikhail, Mikhail, look what you’ve done – you’ve made a mockery of Russian democracy!
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