Putin critic Navalny clears first hurdle in bid for Russia presidencyMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday cleared the first hurdle towards taking part in next year s presidential election, even though the central election commission has previously ruled him ineligible to run. Navalny, 41, is a fierce opponent of President Vladimir Putin, who is widely expected to win re-election in March, extending 17 years in power. A veteran campaigner against corruption among Russia s elite, he won the initial support of 742 people at a gathering in a district of Moscow - above the minimum 500 required to initiate a presidential bid.  There is no large-scale support for Putin and his rule in this country,  Navalny told the meeting, describing himself as a  real candidate  for election and threatening a boycott of the vote by his supporters if he is barred from running. On Sunday evening, Navalny submitted the documents to the central election commission needed to be registered as a candidate.  The commission, which extended its working hours on Sunday to take the documents, has five days in which to decide whether Navalny will be registered.  The commission has previously said he is ineligible due to a suspended prison sentence that he says was politically motivated.   We are capable of opposing the current authorities. Our key demand is to be allowed to take part in the elections,  Navalny told reporters as he was leaving the election commission building in the central Moscow.  Navalny has been jailed three times this year on charges of repeatedly organizing public meetings and rallies in violation of existing laws. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in October that Navalny s conviction for fraud in 2014 was  arbitrary  and ordered Moscow to pay him compensation. The ruling party United Russia meeting on Saturday pledged  all possible support  to the 65-year-old Putin in his bid to win a further six years in power in the March election. The Communist Party, which came second after United Russia in a parliamentary election last year, named Pavel Grudinin, 57, as its candidate, dropping veteran party leader Gennady Zyuganov. Another politician who has run before, Sergei Mironov from A Just Russia party, said his party had decided to support Putin instead and not propose its own candidate.  Property developer Sergei Polonsky, who has been convicted of defrauding investors, also secured enough initial backing to seek clearance from the election commission to take part in the presidential race.   Others planning to run include television personality Ksenia Sobchak, whose late father was Putin s boss in the early 1990s, journalist Ekaterina Gordon.  worldnews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Putin critic Navalny clears first hurdle in bid for Russia presidencyMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday cleared the first hurdle towards taking part in next year s presidential election, even though the central election commission has previously ruled him ineligible to run. Navalny, 41, is a fierce opponent of President Vladimir Putin, who is widely expected to win re-election in March, extending 17 years in power. A veteran campaigner against corruption among Russia s elite, he won the initial support of 742 people at a gathering in a district of Moscow - above the minimum 500 required to initiate a presidential bid.  There is no large-scale support for Putin and his rule in this country,  Navalny told the meeting, describing himself as a  real candidate  for election and threatening a boycott of the vote by his supporters if he is barred from running. On Sunday evening, Navalny submitted the documents to the central election commission needed to be registered as a candidate.  The commission, which extended its working hours on Sunday to take the documents, has five days in which to decide whether Navalny will be registered.  The commission has previously said he is ineligible due to a suspended prison sentence that he says was politically motivated.   We are capable of opposing the current authorities. Our key demand is to be allowed to take part in the elections,  Navalny told reporters as he was leaving the election commission building in the central Moscow.  Navalny has been jailed three times this year on charges of repeatedly organizing public meetings and rallies in violation of existing laws. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in October that Navalny s conviction for fraud in 2014 was  arbitrary  and ordered Moscow to pay him compensation. The ruling party United Russia meeting on Saturday pledged  all possible support  to the 65-year-old Putin in his bid to win a further six years in power in the March election. The Communist Party, which came second after United Russia in a parliamentary election last year, named Pavel Grudinin, 57, as its candidate, dropping veteran party leader Gennady Zyuganov. Another politician who has run before, Sergei Mironov from A Just Russia party, said his party had decided to support Putin instead and not propose its own candidate.  Property developer Sergei Polonsky, who has been convicted of defrauding investors, also secured enough initial backing to seek clearance from the election commission to take part in the presidential race.   Others planning to run include television personality Ksenia Sobchak, whose late father was Putin s boss in the early 1990s, journalist Ekaterina Gordon.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: putin critic naval clears first hurdle bid russia presidencymoscow reuters russian opposition leader alexa naval sunday cleared first hurdle towards taking part next year presidential election even though central election commission previously ruled ineligible run naval fierce opponent president vladimir putin widely expected win march extending years power a veteran campaigner corruption among russia elite initial support people gathering district moscow minimum required initiate presidential bid there support putin rule country naval told meeting describing real candidate election threatening boycott vote supporters barred running on sunday evening naval submitted documents central election commission needed registered candidate the commission extended working hours sunday take documents five days decide whether naval registered the commission previously said ineligible due suspended prison sentence says politically motivated we capable opposing current authorities our key demand allowed take part elections naval told reporters leaving election commission building central moscow naval jailed three times year charges repeatedly organizing public meetings rallies violation existing laws the european court human rights ruled october naval conviction fraud arbitrary ordered moscow pay compensation the ruling party united russia meeting saturday pledged possible support putin bid win six years power march election the communist party came second united russia parliamentary election last year named panel grudinin candidate dropping veteran party leader kennedy zyuganov another politician run series mironov a just russia party said party decided support putin instead propose candidate property developer series polonsky convicted degrading investors also secured enough initial backing seek clearance election commission take part presidential race others planning run include television personality kenya sobchak whose late father putin boss early journalist katrina gordon worldnews