This week, Moscow’s election commission published a list of candidatesthey had allowed to register to run for the city legislative assembly on September 8. The glaring absence of any viable opposition candidate on the list sparked protests in the city.
Human Rights Watch: Opposition candidates squeezed out of upcoming Moscow election
Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin (R) gestures as he speaks during a rally against efforts to stop opposition candidates to register for elections to the Moscow City Duma in central Moscow on July 14, 2019.
