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Socialite and reality-TV star Ksenia Sobchak said she plans to run against Vladimir Putin in presidential elections in March, declaring herself the representative of those who want to vote “against all” the other candidates.
“I’m going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can’t become candidates,” said Sobchak, who’s the daughter of Putin’s political mentor, the late Anatoly Sobchak, in a letter published by Vedomosti newspaper on Wednesday. “I’m ready to criticize the existing system.”