Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party were barred from participating in the nation’s parliamentary elections in December. The Central Election Committee barred the entire slate of the Liberal Democratic Party after two of its candidates were rejected for failing to disclose some of their assets.
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