Rival Candidate Barred From Chechen Election
From Times Wire Reports
Malik Saidullayev, the main rival to the Kremlin’s candidate for president of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya, was barred from running on a technicality. He said it was a sign that the poll would be biased.
The elections will determine a replacement for Akhmad Kadyrov, who died in a rebel bombing in May, the third Chechen president killed since 1991. The Kremlin favors Alu Alkhanov.
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