According to state news agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been formally nominated by his supporters to run as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
The Russian election law requires independent candidates to collect at least 300,000 signatures in addition to a mandatory nomination by a group of at least 500 supporters if they are not running on a party ticket.
The group that nominated Putin included top officials from the ruling United Russia party, prominent Russian actors and singers, athletes, and other public figures.
“Whoever is ready to support the candidacy of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for the post of president of Russia, please vote. Who’s in favor?” Mikhail Kuznetsov, head of the executive committee of the People’s Front, asked those gathered. The People’s Front is a political coalition, founded in 2011 by Putin.
After the vote, Kuznetsov announced that the group had voted unanimously to nominate Putin.
According to Russian election laws, candidates put forward by a party that isn’t represented in the State Duma or at least a third of regional legislatures have to submit at least 100,000 signatures from 40 or more regions. Those running independently of any party would need a minimum of 300,000 signatures from 40 regions or more.
The Russian election law requires independent candidates to collect at least 300,000 signatures in addition to a mandatory nomination by a group of at least 500 supporters if they are not running on a party ticket.
The group that nominated Putin included top officials from the ruling United Russia party, prominent Russian actors and singers, athletes, and other public figures.
“Whoever is ready to support the candidacy of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for the post of president of Russia, please vote. Who’s in favor?” Mikhail Kuznetsov, head of the executive committee of the People’s Front, asked those gathered. The People’s Front is a political coalition, founded in 2011 by Putin.
After the vote, Kuznetsov announced that the group had voted unanimously to nominate Putin.
According to Russian election laws, candidates put forward by a party that isn’t represented in the State Duma or at least a third of regional legislatures have to submit at least 100,000 signatures from 40 or more regions. Those running independently of any party would need a minimum of 300,000 signatures from 40 regions or more.
