An anti-war candidate vying to compete against President Vladimir Putin in the Russian election this year claims he has submitted the required number of signatures in his support.
Boris Nadezhdin needs at least 100,000 signatures across no fewer than 40 regions to be able to stand in the 15-17 March election.
The Central Election Commission will check the authenticity of the 105,000 signatures and announce in February who will join Mr Putin – whose supporters say has collected 3.5 million signatures – on the ballot paper.