Nemtsov is, of course, a pretty impressive guy. ***I appeal to the opposition’s presidential candidates, G. Zyuganov and M. Kasyanov (V. Zhirinovsky and A. Bogdanov are under the Kremlin’s control): your participation in the campaign lends it legitimacy. It is obvious that the current presidential election, just like the parliamentary one, is a complete farce, because the candidates do not have equal opportunities to campaign; Goebbels-style propaganda, as well as force and administrative pressure, are being used against the opposition. Since the legitimacy of the election is in your hands.......... ***http://www.sps.ru/?id=224845 Realizing he would not be able to collect the required signatures, he withdrew his candidacy and is now urging Kasyanov and Zyuganov not to take part in the election. And he is addressing Kasyanov with virtually the exact same appeal that Kasyanov had made to him four months earlier. But four months ago, Nemtsov did not seem to think that the "election is a complete farce," and he did everything he could to block the idea of a boycott, even elbowing his way into the top three, thereby depriving the SPS (Union of Right Forces) of even the chance to pretend at a "renewal of the democrats." Conscience. Where is it?