Left Party removes eight candidates over anti-Semitic and pro-Russian posts

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Left Party removes eight candidates over anti-Semitic and pro-Russian posts
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These include posts with tributes to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization, or anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, according to Expressen, which has combed through the V candidates' social media.

All of the candidates ran in the municipal elections, and one of them was also on the parliamentary list.

"These people have expressed various kinds of conspiracy theories and made inappropriate posts on social media. They are therefore no longer candidates for our party," Left Party party secretary Maria Forsberg told the newspaper.

Earlier this year, 25 people were removed from the Left Party's lists after similar revelations.

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