Boris Nemtsov 2008 presidential campaign

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Boris Nemtsov 2008 presidential campaign
Campaigned for 2008 Russian presidential election
Candidate Boris Nemtsov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
(1998)
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
(1997–1998)
Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
(1991–1997)
Affiliation Union of Right Forces
StatusNominated:
18 December 2007 [1]
Registered:
22 December 2007 [2]
Widthrew:
26 December 2007

The Boris Nemtsov 2008 presidential campaign was the campaign of Boris Nemtsov in the 2008 Russian presidential election.

Campaign

In the preceding 2007 Russian legislative election Nemtsov's party, the Union of Right Forces, had failed to meet the prerequisite 7% of the vote necessary to earn representation in the State Duma. [3] Nemtsov believed that the only way for the opposition to have a chance at defeating the establishment in the presidential election was for it to ultimately unite around a single candidate. [4] He had previously unsuccessfully attempted to coalesce the opposition into a coalition during the preceding 2007 Russian legislative election. [3] It was rumored that his Union of Right Forces might ultimately seek a coalition with Mikhail Kasyanov's Russian Popular Democratic Union for the presidential election. [5] In addition, the Union of Right Forces also sought to see the opposition coalesce behind a single candidate for the presidential election. [6]

At a party meeting on 23 November 2007, the Union of Right Forces declared that Nemtsov would be their nominee. [7] [8]

In late November Nemtsov was detained at a rally protesting the legislative elections as having been unfair. [9]

Nemtsov was formally nominated by the Union of Right Forces on 18 December 2007. [1]

Russian television news media, both regional and national, under the influence of the Kremlin, attacked Nemtsov. [10]

On 26 December 2007, Nemtsov withdrew his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election, saying that he did not want to draw votes away from the other candidate of the "democratic opposition", Mikhail Kasyanov. [11] Nemtsov also had declared that he would no longer run, in part, due to his belief that the government had predetermined the election's winner. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kyiv Post. Russian opposition party SPS nominates Nemtsov as presidential candidate Archived December 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Nichol, Jim (10 December 2007). "Russia's December 2007 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications" (PDF). CRS. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Russia: Nemtsov Urges Opposition To Back Single Candidate". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Newsline - December 10, 2007". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "В СПС призывают после парламентских выборов договориться о едином кандидате в президенты РФ от оппозиции". Nemtsov.ru. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Russian Opposition Party Picks Nemtsov For Presidency". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "The leader of the Union of Right Forces". Getty Images. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Exit, Russian Democracy". New York Times. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Levy, Clifford J. (24 February 2008). "Putin's Iron Grip on Russia Suffocates Opponents". New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nemtsov no longer presidential candidate", Pravda.ru, 26 December 2007.
  12. ↑ "Russia's March 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications". CSR. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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