Russian court upholds decision barring anti-Ukraine war hopeful from election

Boris Nadezhdin (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling barring liberal politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in the upcoming presidential election.

Mr Nadezhdin, a city council member in the town of Dolgoprudny near Moscow, was nominated by the Civic Initiative party to run in an election President Vladimir Putin is all but set to win.