Anti-war candidate barred from running against Putin lodges appeal

FILE PHOTO: Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, speaks with journalists after meeting officials of the Central Election Commission to submit documents at an office in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former TV journalist who opposes Russia's war in Ukraine and who was disqualified on Saturday as a candidate for Russia's upcoming presidential election has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court.

Members of the central electoral commission voted unanimously to reject the candidacy of Yekaterina Duntsova, citing "numerous violations" in the papers she had submitted in support of her bid.