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At Yabloko's congress, which took place on 9 December 2023, somewhat unconventionally, the party decided that [[Grigory Yavlinsky]] would run for president as its nominee if he obtains 10 million signatures from potential voters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Об участии в президентских выборах 2024 года |url=https://www.yabloko.ru/reshenija_politicheskogo_komiteta/2023/12/%D0%9E%D0%B1%20%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85%20%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%202024%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Партия Яблоко |language=ru}}</ref> which is higher than the total number of votes Yavlinsky obtained [[1996 Russian presidential election|during his most successful run for president]] (5.55 million).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=Кто может стать миллионером |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6394455 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}}</ref> Yabloko later stated that it would not be nominating any candidate.<ref name="vedomosti.ru">{{Cite news |title="Яблоко" передумало выдвигать кандидата на выборы президента |language=ru |work=Ведомости |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2023/12/23/1012623-yavlinskii |access-date=2023-12-23}}</ref> Furthermore, Yavlinsky only managed to gather around a million signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Явлинский отказался от выдвижения в президенты |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/23/12/2023/6586c7e49a7947a4eed6d3c6 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=РБК |language=ru}}</ref>
At Yabloko's congress, which took place on 9 December 2023, somewhat unconventionally, the party decided that [[Grigory Yavlinsky]] would run for president as its nominee if he obtains 10 million signatures from potential voters,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Об участии в президентских выборах 2024 года |url=https://www.yabloko.ru/reshenija_politicheskogo_komiteta/2023/12/%D0%9E%D0%B1%20%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85%20%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%202024%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Партия Яблоко |language=ru}}</ref> which is higher than the total number of votes Yavlinsky obtained [[1996 Russian presidential election|during his most successful run for president]] (5.55 million).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=Кто может стать миллионером |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6394455 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}}</ref> Yabloko later stated that it would not be nominating any candidate.<ref name="vedomosti.ru">{{Cite news |title="Яблоко" передумало выдвигать кандидата на выборы президента |language=ru |work=Ведомости |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2023/12/23/1012623-yavlinskii |access-date=2023-12-23}}</ref> Furthermore, Yavlinsky only managed to gather around a million signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Явлинский отказался от выдвижения в президенты |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/23/12/2023/6586c7e49a7947a4eed6d3c6 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=РБК |language=ru}}</ref>


The [[Left Front (Russia)|Left Front]] stated that it would run a primary election between 22 candidates, but later announced it would not be holding the primary due to threats received from the police.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=Организаторам президентских праймериз лево-патриотических сил грозят уголовным делом |url=https://www.leftfront.org/?p=57555 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Левый Фронт |language=ru-RU}}</ref> Instead, the party called on their "comrades in the Communist Party" to vote for one of the following to be nominated at the party congress: [[Pavel Grudinin]], [[Nikolai Bondarenko]], [[Valentin Konovalov]], [[Andrey Klychkov]], [[Sergey Levchenko]], [[Nina Ostanina]], [[Igor Girkin]].
The [[Left Front (Russia)|Left Front]] stated that it would run a primary election between 22 candidates, but later announced it would not be holding the primary due to threats received from the police.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=Организаторам президентских праймериз лево-патриотических сил грозят уголовным делом |url=https://www.leftfront.org/?p=57555 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Левый Фронт |language=ru-RU}}</ref> Instead, the party called on their "comrades in the Communist Party" to vote for one of the following to be nominated at the party congress: [[Pavel Grudinin]], [[Nikolai Bondarenko]], [[Valentin Konovalov]], [[Andrey Klychkov]], [[Sergey Levchenko]], [[Nina Ostanina]], [[Igor Girkin]].

==Conduct==
Early voting opened on 26 February and would last until 14 March to allow certain residents in remote areas in 37 regions of Russia as well as in the [[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine|regions of Ukraine]] that it annexed following its invasion in 2022 to vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2024 |title=Russia Kicks Off Early Voting in Occupied Ukrainian Regions |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/02/26/russia-kicks-off-early-voting-in-occupied-ukrainian-regions-a84247 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}</ref>


==Opinion polls==
==Opinion polls==

Revision as of 08:43, 27 February 2024

2024 Russian presidential election

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Registered114,212,734
 
Nominee Vladimir Putin Nikolay Kharitonov
Party Independent CPRF
Alliance People's Front[1][2]

 
Nominee Leonid Slutsky Vladislav Davankov
Party LDPR New People
Alliance SPPS

Incumbent President

Vladimir Putin
Independent



Election logo

The presidential election in Russia will be held on 15–17 March 2024.[3][4] This will be the eighth presidential election in the country. If no candidate receives more than half the vote, a second round will take place exactly three weeks later, on 7 April 2024.[5] The winner is scheduled to be inaugurated on 7 May 2024.[6] 15 individuals (six self-nominated candidates (independents) and nine party representatives) submitted documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) in order to register as candidates.[7]

In November 2023, former member of the State Duma Boris Nadezhdin became the first person backed by a registered political party to announce his candidacy, running on an anti-war platform.[8] He was followed by incumbent and independent candidate Vladimir Putin in December 2023, who is eligible to seek re-election as a result of 2020 constitutional amendments.[9][10][11] Later the same month, Leonid Slutsky of the LDPR, Nikolay Kharitonov of the Communist Party, Vladislav Davankov of New People, Sergey Malinkovich of Communists of Russia and others announced their candidacies.

On 8 February 2024, the only anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin was barred from running against Putin in the election during the CEC's session due to alleged irregularities in the signatures of voters supporting his candidacy. Malinkovich was also disqualified for the same reason, leading to just four candidates being left on the ballot.[12] However, liberal candidate Vladislav Davankov later revealed that he was in favour of "peace and negotiations" on the war in Ukraine, and with his relatively youthful age contrasting with the aging 71-year-old Putin, he has been described as "the most likely to become the alternative-to-Putin candidate".[13][14][15][16]

As was the case in the 2018 presidential election, the most prominent member of the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny,[17][18][19] was barred from running due to a prior criminal conviction. It was expected that he would remain imprisoned during the election; however, Navalny died in suspicious circumstances[20][21][22][23] in February 2024.[24][25][26] The criminal cases against Navalny were widely regarded as politically motivated. As a result, many observers, particularly in Western countries, do not expect the election to be either free or fair. Instead, they expect the election process to be dominated by Putin, who has been accused of increasing political repressions ever since launching his full-scale war with Ukraine in 2022.[27][28][29][30][31]

Eligibility

According to clause 3 of article 81 of the Constitution of Russia, prior to the 2020 constitutional revision, the same person could not hold the position of President of the Russian Federation for more than two consecutive terms, which allowed Vladimir Putin to become president in 2012 for a third term not consecutive with his prior terms.[32] The constitutional reform established a hard limit of two terms overall. However, terms served before the constitutional revision do not count, which gives Vladimir Putin eligibility for two more presidential terms.

According to the new version of the Constitution, presidential candidates must:[33]

  • Be at least 35 years old (the requirement has not changed);
  • Be resident in Russia for at least 25 years (previously 10 years);
  • Not have foreign citizenship or residence permit in a foreign country, neither at the time of the election nor at any time before (new requirement).

Candidates

The below individuals will appear on the ballot.[34]

Name, age,
political party
Experience Home region Campaign Details Registration date
Vladislav Davankov
(40)
New People
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma
(2021–present)
Member of the State Duma
(2021–present)
Moscow

(CampaignWebsite)
Davankov was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. He was also supported by Party of Growth, which announced that it would merge with New People. Davankov submitted documents to participate in the election on 25 December 2023 and 1 January 2024.[35][36] 5 January 2024
Vladimir Putin
(71)
Independent
Incumbent President of Russia
(2000–2008 and 2012–present)
Prime Minister of Russia
(1999–2000 and 2008–2012)
FSB Director
(1998–1999)
Moscow

(CampaignWebsite)
During a ceremony to award soldiers in December 2023, Putin announced that he would participate in the election. He is supported by United Russia and A Just Russia – For Truth, among others.

Putin submitted documents to participate in the election on 18 December 2023, which were registered on 20 December.[37][38] The CEC analyzed 60,000 signatures out of the 315,000 submitted by Putin, and found that only 91 (0.15%) were invalid, which is significantly below the 5% threshold.[39]

29 January 2024
Leonid Slutsky
(56)
Liberal Democratic Party
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
(2022–present)
Member of the State Duma
(1999–present)
Moscow

(CampaignWebsite)
Slutsky was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. He submitted documents to the CEC on 25 December 2023 and 1 January 2024.[40][41] 5 January 2024
Nikolay Kharitonov
(75)
Communist Party
Member of the State Duma
(1993–present)
Krasnodar Krai

(Campaign)
Kharitonov was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. He previously ran in the 2004 presidential election and came second with 13.7% of the vote. Kharitonov submitted documents to participate in the election on 27 December 2023 and 3 January 2024. 9 January 2024

Rejected candidates

Individuals in this section have submitted documents to the CEC to register their participation. These documents had to be submitted to the CEC by 27 December 2023 inclusive (for independents), while party-based nominations had until 1 January 2024 to do this.[40]

In late December, the CEC stated that 33 potential candidates had declared an intention to take part in the elections (24 independents and nine party-based nominations); out of them, 15 individuals submitted documents to register as candidates (six independents and nine party-based nominations).[42]

The next step is to collect signatures by 31 January 2024. Independents have to gather from 300,000 to 315,000 signatures from the public in at least 40 of Russia's regions to support their participation and thereby be included on the ballot, while potential candidates nominated by political parties that are not represented in the State Duma or in at least a third of the country's regional parliaments must gather from 100,000 to 105,000 signatures.[43] Vladimir Putin was the first to achieve this, having gathered more than half a million signatures by 30 December; by 17 January he had gathered 2.5 million signatures.[44][45]

List of Rejected candidates
Potential candidate's name, age,
political party
Experience Home region Campaign Details Signatures collected
Sergey Malinkovich
(48)
Communists of Russia
File:Только Малинкович.jpg Member of the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly
(2021–present)
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communists of Russia
(2022–present)
Altai Krai
(Campaign) On 28 December 2023, Malinkovich was nominated as the candidate for his party. He submitted documents to register with the CEC on 1 January 2024.[46] On 2 February, the CEC informed Malinkovich that it had found deficiencies in the signatures he had submitted.
Signatures collected
104,998 / 105,000
[47]
Signatures accepted
96,019 / 105,000
[48]
Boris Nadezhdin
(60)
Civic Initiative
Member of the Dolgoprudny City Council
(1990–1997, 2019–present)
Founder and President of the Institute of Regional Projects and Legislation Foundation
(2001–present)
Member of the State Duma
(1999–2003)
Moscow Oblast

(CampaignWebsite)
On 31 October 2023, Nadezhdin announced that he would run from the Civic Initiative party.[49] On 26 December he submitted registration documents to the CEC, which were registered on 28 December.[50] On 8 February 2024, the CEC announced that more than 5% of the signatures it had reviewed were invalid and therefore could not register him as a candidate.[51] Nadezhdin has stated that he will appeal the decision at Russia's Supreme Court.
Signatures collected
105,000 / 105,000

[52]

Signatures accepted
95,587 / 105,000
[48]
Supreme Court appeals[53]

Case 1[a]

  • Initial case submitted on February 16, 2024, and rejected on February 21
  • Appeal yet to be submitted

Cases 2 & 3 [b]

  • Initial cases submitted on February 12, 2024, and rejected on February 15
  • Appeals submitted on February 19, and rejected on February 26

Party congresses and primaries

Congresses of political parties are held after the official appointment of election. At the congress, a party can either nominate its own candidate, or support a candidate nominated by another party or an independent candidate. Twelve parties held party congresses in December 2023, at which candidates were either nominated or endorsed.

Party Congress date Venue Nominee Reference
United Russia 17 December 2023 VDNKh, Moscow Endorsement of Vladimir Putin [54]
Liberal Democratic Party 19 December 2023 Crocus Expo,
Krasnogorsk,
Moscow Oblast
Leonid Slutsky [40]
Civic Initiative 23 December 2023 Moscow Boris Nadezhdin [55]
Communist Party 23 December 2023 Snegiri wellness complex,
Rozhdestveno,
Moscow Oblast
Nikolay Kharitonov [56]
A Just Russia – For Truth 23 December 2023 Holiday Inn Sokolniki, Moscow Endorsement of Vladimir Putin [57]
Party of Social Protection 23 December 2023 Moscow Vladimir Mikhailov [58]
Russian All-People's Union 23 December 2023 Moscow Sergey Baburin
(Declined; endorsed Vladimir Putin)
[59][60]
Party of Growth 24 December 2023 Moscow State University, Moscow Vladislav Davankov [61]
New People [62]
Russian Party of Freedom and Justice 24 December 2023 Moscow Andrey Bogdanov [63]
Democratic Party of Russia 25 December 2023 Moscow Irina Sviridova
(Declined; endorsed Vladimir Putin)
[64]
Communists of Russia 28 December 2023 Moscow Sergey Malinkovich [65]

Other parties

At Yabloko's congress, which took place on 9 December 2023, somewhat unconventionally, the party decided that Grigory Yavlinsky would run for president as its nominee if he obtains 10 million signatures from potential voters,[66] which is higher than the total number of votes Yavlinsky obtained during his most successful run for president (5.55 million).[67] Yabloko later stated that it would not be nominating any candidate.[68] Furthermore, Yavlinsky only managed to gather around a million signatures.[69]

The Left Front stated that it would run a primary election between 22 candidates, but later announced it would not be holding the primary due to threats received from the police.[70] Instead, the party called on their "comrades in the Communist Party" to vote for one of the following to be nominated at the party congress: Pavel Grudinin, Nikolai Bondarenko, Valentin Konovalov, Andrey Klychkov, Sergey Levchenko, Nina Ostanina, Igor Girkin.

Conduct

Early voting opened on 26 February and would last until 14 March to allow certain residents in remote areas in 37 regions of Russia as well as in the regions of Ukraine that it annexed following its invasion in 2022 to vote.[71]

Opinion polls

After nominations of potential candidates
Fieldwork date Polling firm Others Undecided Abstention
Putin Nadezhdin Kharitonov Slutsky Davankov
21 Feb 2024 Supreme Court refuses to satisfy Nadezhdin's appeal to challenge the refusal of registration.
10–18 Feb 2024 CIPKR 62% 6% 3% 4% 7% 5% 13%
16 Feb 2024 Alexei Navalny dies while serving a 19-year prison sentence
15 Feb 2024 VCIOM 61% 3% 2% 3% 2% 17% 13%
15 Feb 2024 Supreme Court refuses to satisfy Nadezhdin's appeal to approve remaining signatures for his registration
14 Feb 2024 VCIOM 64% 4% 3% 5% 2% 2% 2%
9–11 Feb 2024 FOM 74% 3% 3% 2% 1% 10% 5%
8 Feb 2024 VCIOM 57% 3% 3% 4% 2% 18% 14%
8 Feb 2024 Central Election Commission bars Nadezhdin from participating in the elections
1–7 Feb 2024 ExtremeScan 63% 6% 8% 12% 11%
27–30 Jan 2024 Russian Field 62.2% 7.8% 2.3% 1.9% 1.0% 2.5% 7.8% 12.8%
25–30 Jan 2024 ExtremeScan 61% 6% 2% 1% 2% 17% 11%
11–28 Jan 2024 CIPKR 60% 7% 4% 3% 0.3% 3% 7% 15%
Before the start of nominations of potential candidates
Fieldwork date Polling firm Others Undecided Abstention
Putin Grudinin Zyuganov Zhirinovsky Slutsky Navalny Shoigu Lavrov Medvedev Sobyanin Dyumin Volodin Mishustin Furgal Platoshkin Bondarenko Mironov Prigozhin
Dec 2023 VCIOM 42.7% 1.6% 3.8% Deceased 1.2% 8.7% 14.3% 2.9% 18.8% 0.7% 0.8% 1.8% Deceased 1.2% 37.2%
Nov 2023 VCIOM 37.3% 1.4% 3.0% 1.3% 8% 15.4% 2.7% 16.6% 0.8% 0.8% 1.7% 1.3% 42%
23–29 Nov 2023 Levada Center 58.0% 0.5% 1.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.8% 31.9% 4.8%
Oct 2023 VCIOM 37.3% 1.7% 3.0% 1.4% 7.2% 15.3% 3.1% 15.6% 0.7% 0.9% 1.6% 1.7% 42.2%
Sep 2023 VCIOM 36% 1.4% 3.6% 1.8% 7.3% 14.7% 2.7% 15.3% 0.7% 0.9% 1.7% 1.8% 42.9%
2–10 Sep 2023 Russian Field 29.9% 1.3% 0.6% 1.7% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 1.1% 0.6% 23.6% 32.2% 6.4%
Aug 2023 VCIOM 35.5% 1.5% 3.4% 1.7% 7.1% 12.6% 3.2% 15.4% 0.7% 0.7% 1.7% 1.7% 43.9%
23 Aug 2023 Wagner Group plane crash including leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a crash
1–9 Aug 2023 CIPKR 60% 4% 2% Deceased 4% 2% 1% 3% 11% 7% 3%
Jul 2023 VCIOM 37.1% 1.3% 3.2% 1.5% 6.9% 13.9% 3.0% 16.8% 0.8% 0.8% 1.7% 2.0% 42.1%
20–26 Jul 2023 Levada Center 44% 3% 1% 7% 13% 3% 4% 18% 7% 19% 5.9%
Jun 2023 VCIOM 37.1% 1.4% 3.4% 1.7% 8.9% 14.1% 3.4% 15.5% 0.8% 0.5% 1.7% 1.9% 41.4%
22–28 Jun 2023 Levada Center 42% 4% 8% 14% 4% 4% 18% 2% 5%
2324 Jun 2023 Wagner Group rebellion
May 2023 VCIOM 37.1% 1.2% 3.9% Deceased 1.3% 10.0% 14.7% 3.2% 15.5% 0.7% 0.8% 2.0% 1.7% 41.2%
13–16 May 2023 Russian Field 30.2% 1.1% 2.8% 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% 1.1% 0.5% 0.4% 3% 26.4% 28.8% 5.9%
Apr 2023 VCIOM 38.7% 1.4% 3.6% 1.2% 12.1% 17.6% 2.8% 16.5% 0.9% 0.8% 2.3% 1.7% 39.3%
Mar 2023 VCIOM 38.7% 1.3% 3.7% 1.6% 11.5% 16.3% 3.2% 17.4% 0.8% 0.8% 2.2% 2.2% 39.6%
Feb 2023 VCIOM 37.5% 1.4% 4.4% 1.8% 11.2% 16.3% 3.2% 14.3% 0.9% 0.8% 2.6% 2.0% 39.8%
21–28 Feb 2023 Levada Center 43% 1% 5% 1% 12% 15% 3% 3% 17% 1% 6% 17% 16%
Jan 2023 VCIOM 37.1% 1.5% 3.2% 1.9% 13.4% 15.2% 4.1% 14.9% 1.0% 0.9% 1.8% 2.4% 40.1%
24–30 Nov 2022 Levada Center 39% 5% 1% 12% 14% 3% 3% 17% 1% 5% 7% 18%
30 Sep 2022 Russia annexes part of southeastern Ukraine
21–27 Jul 2022 Levada Center 43% 4% Deceased 1% 14% 14% 3% 4% 16% 1% 5% 16% 16%
6 Apr 2022 Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies[72]
24 Feb 2022 Beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
21 Feb 2022 Russia announces international recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic
10–28 Dec 2021 CIPKR 3% 0% 5% 18% 2% 1% 1% 15% 24% 31%
25 Nov–1 Dec 2021 Levada Center 32% 1% 2% 3% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 21% 27%
22–28 Apr 2021 Levada Center 40% 1% 2% 4% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 18% 23%
17 Jan 2021 Arrest of Alexei Navalny
Dec 2020 CIPKR 5% 1% 2% 18% 4% 2% 0% 8% 33% 27%
19–26 Nov 2020 Levada Center 39% 1% 2% 6% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 16% 24%
20–26 Aug 2020 Levada Center 40% 1% 1% 4% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 26% 22%
09 Jul 2020 Arrest of Sergei Furgal
18–23 Dec 2019 CIPKR 9% 4% 24% 11% 5% 1% 26% 20%
12–18 Dec 2019 Levada Center 38% 3% 2% 4% 2% 1% 1% 2% 26% 22%
18–24 Jul 2019 Levada Center 40% 3% 1% 3% 1% <1% 2% 31% 19%
21–27 Mar 2019 Levada Center 41% 4% 2% 5% 1% 1% 3% 26% 19%
18–24 Oct 2018 Levada Center 40% 3% 2% 4% 1% <1% <1% 2% 27% 23%

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Vladimir PutinIndependent[c]
Nikolay KharitonovCommunist Party
Leonid SlutskyLiberal Democratic Party
Vladislav DavankovNew People
Total
Registered voters/turnout114,212,734

Reactions

On 6 August 2023, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told The New York Times that "our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy. Mr. Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90 percent of the vote". Later he clarified that this was his personal opinion.[73] In an interview with the RBK news agency, Peskov said that Russia "theoretically" does not need to hold presidential elections because "it’s obvious that Putin will be reelected."[74]

On 6 November 2023, journalist Yekaterina Duntsova announced her intention to run for the presidency in the 2024 election; she said she would run as an independent candidate on an anti-war platform.[75] The next month, her nomination documents were rejected by the Central Election Commission.[76]

In November 2023, nationalist ex-militia commander Igor Girkin announced his intention to run as a candidate in the 2024 elections, describing elections in Russia as a "sham" in which "the only winner [referring to Putin] is known in advance".[77]

In January 2024, citing unidentified sources in the Kremlin, the independent news outlet Vyorstka reported that the CEC, at the behest of the Kremlin, will likely reject Boris Nadezhdin’s registration due to his criticism of Putin and anti-war stances.[78] In late January 2024, a source in the Putin administration told the Latvia-based news outlet Meduza: "There’s a portion of the electorate that wants the war to end. If [Putin’s opponent in the elections] decides to cater to this demand, they may get a decent percentage. And [the Putin administration] doesn’t need that."[79] Russian state media intensified a smear campaign against Nadezhdin in the weeks leading up to the election. On 30 January 2024, Kremlin propagandist and television presenter Vladimir Solovyov warned Nadezhdin: "I feel bad for Boris. The fool didn’t realize that he’s not being set up to run for president but for a criminal case on charges of betraying the Motherland."[79]

Following the CEC's decision to bar him from running, Nadezhdin wrote in his Telegram channel: "I do not agree with the decision of the CEC… Participating in the presidential election in 2024 is the most important political decision in my life. I am not backing down from my intentions."[80]

On 1 February 2024, jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his allies called on supporters to protest President Putin and the invasion of Ukraine during the third day of the presidential election by all going to vote against Putin at the same time.[81]

After the death of Navalny, there were calls from Andrius Kubilius, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and Yulia Navalnaya for the EU to recognize the Russian elections as illegitimate.[82][83][84]

Notes

  1. ^ The case deals with CEC's refusal to register Nadezhdin as a candidate for the election and seeks his direct reinstating.
  2. ^ The two cases are concerned on CEC's apparent procedural faults while checking the selected signatures. If both cases are upholded, Nadezhdin will have enough valid signatures to be reinstated as a candidate.
  3. ^ Supported by the People's Front, United Russia, A Just Russia – For Truth, Rodina, Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice, Party of Business, Russian All-People's Union and Democratic Party of Russia

References

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