Russian Socialite Enters Race to Challenge President Putin

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Russian Socialite Enters Race to Challenge President Putin

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MOSCOW — A young socialite and television journalist whose father was a close ally of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, declared her intention on Wednesday to challenge him in the presidential election scheduled for next March, a move liable to split the already feeble liberal opposition.

The journalist, Ksenia A. Sobchak, 35, announced her presidential run in a video online on YouTube and also published a letter in Vedomosti, Russia’s main business daily. She portrayed herself as a candidate for those who reject the status quo, a candidate who could give the struggling opposition a voice and challenge the tired, elderly candidates from established parties who have been around for decades.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/world/europe/ksenia-sobchak-russia-election.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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