Today, the 41-year-old Belarussian-born political consultant is in Moscow as part of a small but ambitious push to rewrite the script of Russian politics. "We're trying to create a new understanding of politics, a sort of political incubator," he tells CNN in the movement's headquarters. Almost 1,000 mostly first-time independent or opposition candidates are now in the running to fill 1,502 municipal posts. Eye on Moscow mayoral raceShkliarov's work in Moscow combines Obama-style optimism with Sanders' social conscience. Opposition candidates usually find it impossible to get such backing.

Source: CNN September 09, 2017 14:32 UTC