http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/ex-convicts-regain-right-to-run-in-elections/487696.htm
Today I found this interesting article in the Moscow Times. Apparently, on Thursday, Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled that ex-convicts have the right to fun for offices, including the office of president. This ruling was a direct response to the ban Vladimir Putin placed last year on ex-convicts running for office (which just happened to outlaw the leader of the opposition party from running in the future).
According to the new law, only people who are sentenced to a life in prison are banned from running for office.… Read the rest here