A leading liberal challenger to Vladimir Putin in the Russian presidential elections in March has been disqualified from the poll.<br /><br />The country's rules say candidates need to gather two million signatures from supporters to get a place on the ballot paper.<br /><br />But, Grigory Yavlinsky is alleged to have handed in thousands of fakes. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Moscow.
