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The Russian Blogger Running for President

We trace how Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has used social media to move from writing blogs to running for the Russian presidency.

For the second in our special series from Russia, we trace how opposition leader Alexei Navalny has used social media to move from writing LiveJournal blogs about corruption to trying to run for president.

We meet his supporters, from teenage activists to professional social media strategists as well as those who call his team 鈥渁 mixture of LGBT people, Satanists and Nazis鈥.

Does Navalny have a shot at winning the presidency 鈥 and how is he changing politics in the process?

Producer: Kate Lamble

Image: Alexei Navalny after he was doused with green dye by a protester in March 2017 / Credit: Navalny.com

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23 minutes

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Mon 20 Nov 2017 04:06GMT

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