普京恩师的女儿宣布参加明年俄罗斯大选

Ksenia Sobchak, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's political mentor, has said she will stand in Russia's presidential election next March, which Putin is expected to win.

弗拉基米尔·普京的政治导师之女卡辛妮亚·索布恰克于日前表态，她将于明年三月参加普京预计能够胜出的俄罗斯总统大选。

Sobchak, a socialite and liberal journalist, once took part in opposition protests.

社交名媛、自由派记者索布恰克曾参加过反对派的抗议活动。

"Over the past 17 years a whole new generation has grown up that wants to see a different Russia that is civilised and European," she said in an interview on Russia's TV Rain in which she announced her candidacy.

她在宣布自己候选人身份的俄罗斯电视台TV Rain的一次采访中表示：“过去17年，全新一代长大了，他们希望看到一个不一样的、文明的、欧化的俄罗斯。”

Sobchak acknowledged that she had met Putin recently to interview him for a television programme. She said by this point she had decided to run for president and informed Putin, who "did not look happy".

索布恰克承认，她近日为了一个电视节目采访过普京。她说，那时她决定竞选总统，并且通知了普京，而普京“看起来不怎么开心”。

Analysts said her candidacy looked like a Kremlin-backed "spoiler" campaign to boost the legitimacy of the elections and split the liberal opposition.

分析人士指出，她的参选看起来像是克里姆林宫支持的一场“搅局”运动，以此来提高选举的合法性，并分裂自由主义的反对派。

In order for Sobchak to get on to the ballot, she will need to collect 300,000 signatures from Russian citizens.

为了使自己能够登台竞选，索布恰克需要获得至少30万份俄罗斯民众的签名。