The gradual identification of the candidates for the post of the President of Russia / the withdrawal of some candidates in favor of Putin

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Ella Pamfilova was quoted by Novosti news agency. The head of the Central Election Commission of Russia announced that the number of people who have so far nominated themselves for the post of president of this country has reached 29 people.

In a press conference, referring to this matter, he mentioned that in relation to the start of the candidate registration process, the Central Election Commission will have meetings outside the schedule to deal with this issue faster.

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Meanwhile, on Saturday, during the Congress of the “Just Russia – For Truth” party, which was held in Moscow, the leader of this party, Sergei Mironov, announced his decision not to run and support the candidacy of Vladimir Putin in the upcoming Russian presidential elections. The members of the party congress supported and approved this decision.

One day before that, the extraordinary congress of the “Liberal Democratic” party of Russia, Leonid Slutsky, its leader as a candidate for the upcoming Russian presidential election. Introduced. The party called Slutsky’s candidacy a decisive decision for the party and Russia.

At the same time, Grigory Yavlinsky, the founder of the Yabloko party, has refused to propose his candidacy for the Russian presidential election in 2024. The party’s press service announced that “he will probably not participate in the elections.” According to this information, the number of signatures collected in support of Yavlinsky has reached one million and 300 thousand people and the collection of signatures will continue. introduced as a candidate for the presidency of Russia. Kharitonov was the only participant in the voting. 175 MPs out of 188 party MPs supported him and six were against it. Kharitonov had previously participated in the Russian presidential election in 2004. At that time, he won 13.69 percent of the votes and took the second place.

The Russian presidential election in 2024 will be held during a three-day process. Voting will take place from March 15 to 17 (March 25 to 27).

At the beginning of December, Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the ceremony of awarding medals of honor to military forces participating in the military conflict in Ukraine, announced that he plans to run for the next presidential election. According to him, there is no other way in the current situation.

In the middle of December, the United Russia party congress was held in Moscow, where the members of this party unanimously rejected Putin’s candidacy in the presidential elections. Russia supported. On December 18, Putin submitted the necessary documents to participate in the presidential election to register his candidacy to the Central Election Commission of Russia.

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