Of course western media doesn’t care to look beyond “he’s not Putin”.

This fucker blames Georgia for Russian invasions of Georgia, claims that Crimea and occupied Ukrainian territories are Russian “according to constitution of Russian federation”, and wants to stop the war in the same way Putin does - by keeping occupied territories.

The fact that “good Russians” support him tells you everything you need to know about how good they are.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Boris Nadezhdin told the BBC he was unlikely to win 17 March elections but Mr Putin would not last six more years.

Opposition leader Alexey Navalny, once seen as a major threat to the president’s authority, has been in jail since 2021.

But Mr Nadezhdin, a local councillor for more than three decades, is seen as a former insider of the regime whose criticism of the Kremlin has so far been tolerated.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Mr Nadezhdin was not seen as a rival but would be allowed to stand if he met the necessary conditions.

“My first task will be to stop the conflict with Ukraine, and then to restore normal relations between Russia and the Western community.”

Mr Nadezhdin, who name is similar to “nadezhda”, the Russian word for hope, said he had the support of “dozens of millions of people”.

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