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The reason for the refusal was CEC members called Navalny's discrepancy to the requirements of the federal law on presidential elections in Russia. We are talking about the fact that he has an outstanding conviction for a serious article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
"The working group approached these documents in the most careful way," said CEC member Boris Ebzeev. He stressed that on February 8, 2017 Navalny was convicted by the Leninsky District Court of the city of Kirov for five years probation.
"The crime that was incriminated by Alexei Anatolievich Navalny (Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is considered grave," stressed Ebzeev.
Therefore, the CEC can not register Navalny as a presidential candidate.
The head of the Central Electoral Commission Ella Pamfilova noted that there were no complaints against the documents of Navalny. 12 members of the CEC voted for refusal to register Navalny, one abstained because of "conflict of interests".
Source: Rain.