Putin critic barred from Russia elections

A leading liberal challenger to Vladimir Putin in the Russian presidential elections in March has been disqualified from the poll.

The country's rules say candidates need to gather two million signatures from supporters to get a place on the ballot paper.

But, Grigory Yavlinsky is alleged to have handed in thousands of fakes.

Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Moscow.

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[Abcflc]

@chtovimenitebemojem chill the fuck back- it's a joke on two real problems in Russia: a corrupt plutocracy and one of the lowest life expectancy for men in the world due to alcoholism...

[chtovimenitebemojem]

@Abcflc are you an idiot because you write stupid things, or do you write stupid things because you're an idiot?

[xMaXiMuSx]

@bloodyhawk989

lol this guy is a faker and a western puppet.. You can't have every idiot run in the elections.. You need to campaign and mobilize and have a legit party.. ACtually in Russia they will have about 4-5 parties and most of them are very different. In the US we only have two parties.

[spartjovic]

@PassOnTheTruth So true

[PassOnTheTruth]

As a Pakistani Muslim! I support Putin & Russia 1,000,000 %

Pakistan, Russia, China, Africa are always attacked by the same media! Why can't the racist people accept it's China time?

watch?v=mFksFXyeVxQ

[Abcflc]

are Russians drunks because the government sucks or does the government suck because Russians are drunks?

[Freeseselj]

Thank God!!! Zhirinovsky is the Messiah, long live Zhirinovsky and long live Putin!!!

[MrTGolden]

There is no future in doing dirty work for the British, as their rotten to the core "banking" empire is about to crumble into the Atlantic.

[slavixtube]

Putin 2012!

[bloodyhawk989]

Putin thinks he is Czar.