The Russian prosecutor-general's office on Tuesday announced a forgery investigation has been opened against the campaign of an opposition candidate for the presidential election.Prosecutor-general spokeswoman Tatiana Chernyshova said on state television that the case involves forged signatures on the petitions nominating Mikhail Kasyanov to run in the March 2 election.
If more than 5 percent of the signatures submitted by the campaign are forged, he cannot be registered to run, the ITAR-Tass news agency cited Central Elections Commission member Yelena Dubrovina as saying.
Kasyanov was a prime minister under President Vladimir Putin, but was dismissed in 2004 and later became a strong critic of the Kremlin.
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