As Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday (6 December) that he will run again for president of Russia next year, the liberal opposition hopes to force him into a run-off, and trigger demands for more democracy.
"It would be very important to achieve a second round," Emilia Slabunova, the chair of the Yabloko party, said in an interview.
"This is our goal, even if it is a very difficult thing to do in such a situation," she said, adding that getting "as much votes as possible" would...
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