navalny, wife yuliya , russian opposition politician ilya yashin, 12 june 2013
in october 2010, navalny decisive winner of on-line mayor of moscow elections held kommersant , gazeta.ru. received 30,000 votes, or 45%, closest rival being against candidates 9,000 votes (14%), followed former first deputy prime minister of russia boris nemtsov 8,000 votes (12%) out of total of 67,000 votes.
the reaction navalny s mayoral election result in 2013 mixed: nezavisimaya gazeta declared, voting campaign turned blogger politician , , following october 2013 levada center poll showed navalny made list of potential presidential candidates among russians, receiving rating of 5%, konstantin kalachev, leader of political expert group, declared 5% not limit navalny, , unless extraordinary happened, become pretender second place in presidential race . on other hand, washington post published column milan svolik stated election fair sobyanin show clean victory, demoralizing opposition, otherwise run street protests. putin s press secretary dmitry peskov stated on september 12, momentary result cannot testify political equipment , not speak of him of serious politician .
when referring navalny, putin never pronounced name, referring him mister or like; american, russian-born, journalist julia ioffe took sign of weakness before opposition politician, , peskov later stated putin never pronounced name in order not give [navalny] part of popularity . in july 2015, bloomberg s sources familiar matter declared there informal prohibition kremlin senior russian officials mentioning navalny s name. peskov rejected assumption there such ban; however, in doing so, did not mention navalny s name either.
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rally concert in support of navalny, 6 september 2013
according polls conducted levada center, navalny s recognition among russian population stood @ 37% of april 2013. out of able recognize navalny, 14% either or support presidential run.
the same pollster showed navalny s presidential ratings in march , april 2014 1% , <1% .
the levada center conducted survey, released on april 6, 2017, showing navalny s recognition among russian population @ 55%. out of recognized navalny, 18% either or vote him in presidential election.
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