Opposition candidate Oleg Shein who is on hunger strike in south Russia’s city of Astrakhan over the alleged voting fraud at the local mayoral elections said on Sunday he may go to Moscow to meet with the Russian election chief.
Shein, A Just Russia party member, and a number of his supporters have been on hunger strike since March 16 in a protest against allegedly rigged Astrakhan mayoral elections where he was outrun by Mikhail Stolyarov, a candidate from ruling United Russia party.
Shein said he wanted doctors to examine his health condition so that he could decide on whether he was able go to Moscow to discuss the alleged voting fraud at the Astrakhan mayoral elections with Vladimir Churov, head of Russia’s Central Election Commission.
Vladimir Churov said on Thursday that he would agree to view webcam footage of alleged fraud at polling stations in Astrakhan if Shein calls off his hunger strike and joins him in Moscow to study the footage.
