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Now playing Next Russia Moscow bars pro-peace candidate from running in presidential election Yekaterina Duntsova, a former journalist and city councillor campaigning for peace and "democratic processes", was rejected by the Russian Central Electoral Committee as a potential candidate due to "errors in documents". 24/12/2023
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