Peskov: The Kremlin does not consider Nadezhdin as Putin’s election rival

“Not at all.

We do not consider him (Nadezhdin. -

) as a rival,” he said.

Earlier, the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia, Ella Pamfilova, said that observers from 13-14 international organizations are expected at the presidential elections.

In addition, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev said that video surveillance during the 2024 presidential elections will be organized in all 89 Russian regions.

It was previously reported that the campaign headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the 2024 elections collected ten times more voter signatures than the required 300 thousand for the period from December 23 to January 22.

The Russian presidential elections will be three days, they will take place from March 15 to 17, 2024.

Currently, 11 people are vying for the post of President of Russia.

The Russian Central Election Commission has already registered three candidates: Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov.

Since they represent parliamentary parties, there is no need to collect signatures in their support to register them as candidates for elections. 

Candidates for the presidency from non-parliamentary political parties - Sergei Malinkovich, Boris Nadezhdin, Sergei Baburin, Irina Sviridova, Andrei Bogdanov - must provide at least 100 thousand signatures by January 31.

Self-nominated candidates - Vladimir Putin, the Russian Rada and Anatoly Batashev - must collect at least 300 thousand signatures.