Opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced his intention to run for presidential elections in 2018. He said this on the website of his campaign.
“Russia must be rich, free, strong country. We are all for it: talented people, natural resources. I go to the polls with a program on how to make Russia a fair and modern. How to curb corruption. How to turn Russia’s wealth in the family income” — the statement on the website.
Navalny admitted that to become a candidate he will be “difficult.”
“I am aware how difficult it will be to resist the current government, with its falsifications and propaganda machine. I understand very well that even to become a candidate it will be difficult. However, it is necessary to respond not to the question “will there be hard”, and the question of “whether it is right.” I say Yes, it should be”, — said the politician.
Alexei Navalny is a Russian politician and public figure, lawyer. The Creator of “Fund of struggle against corruption”, which unites a child of the projects against corruption (“Painting”, “Rosyama”, “Rosvybory” and others). Took the second place on elections of the mayor of Moscow in 2013 with a score of 632 697 votes (27,24% of the total number of votes), losing in the first round to mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
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