普京恩师的女儿宣布参加明年俄罗斯大选
Ksenia Sobchak, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's political mentor, has said she will stand in Russia's presidential election next March, which Putin is expected to win. Sobchak, a socialite and liberal journalist, once took part in opposition protests. "Over the past 17 years a whole new generation has grown up that wants to see a different Russia that is civilised and European," she said in an interview on Russia's TV Rain in which she announced her candidacy. Sobchak acknowledged that she had met Putin recently to interview him for a television programme. She said by this point she had decided to run for president and informed Putin, who "did not look happy". Analysts said her candidacy looked like a Kremlin-backed "spoiler" campaign to boost the legitimacy of the elections and split the liberal opposition. In order for Sobchak to get on to the ballot, she will need to collect 300,000 signatures from Russian citizens. |