More than 200 foreign parliamentarians confirmed their participation in monitoring the Russian presidential elections. This was announced by Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

Kosachev clarified that parliamentarians will represent 35 countries of the world. On March 4, at the Central Election Headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, a meeting was held between the co-chair of the headquarters, Maryana Lysenko, and the head of the CIS observer mission, Ilham Lysenko. The meeting took place at the headquarters of Vladimir Putin.