Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced his re-nomination in the presidential elections in March 2024. This was written by Tass, according to which this was reported by the participants in a meeting with Putin, after the ceremony in the Kremlin on Heroes of the Fatherland Day.
Meanwhile, the Russian Election Commission has the voting period for the presidential elections next year has been extended to three days, from 15 to 17 March. The announcement was made by the president of the commission, Elena Pamfilova, coinciding with that of Vladimir Putin’s new candidacy, leaked to the media by the Kremlin. 13 of the 14 members of the commission voted in favor of extending the opening of the polls. “Voting over three days is already becoming a tradition,” said Pamfilova, after the extension was introduced for the first time during the pandemic, to avoid crowds but actually to contain abstentionism. Yesterday the Federation Council had set the date for the presidential elections for March 17.
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