Polling station in Kherson region was shelled! Putin: Will respond. In Skadovsk, an improvised explosive device was placed in a trash can near a polling station.

Four candidates registered by the Russian Central Election Commission are vying for the position of head of state. The four candidates are: current Russian President Vladimir Putin, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Slutsky, and member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Harry Tonov, Vladislav Davankov.