Regarding the Russian presidential election to be held in March this year, the Central Election Commission has officially registered President Putin as a candidate for the presidential election, saying he has collected the necessary voter signatures.
Mr. Putin's campaign has appealed for wide support from the public and has announced that it will officially begin campaigning for the election.
Regarding the Russian presidential election to be held in March this year, President Putin announced his intention to run as a candidate last month, and has been collecting signatures for official candidate registration with the aim of running as an independent candidate.
On the 22nd of this month, Mr. Putin's camp submitted the signatures of more than 300,000 voters necessary for candidacy, and in response to this, the Central Election Commission officially registered Mr. Putin as a candidate on the 29th.
Mr. Putin's campaign claims that it has collected more than 10 times the number of signatures needed and will officially begin campaigning.
In addition to Mr. Putin, four candidates have been officially registered for the presidential election so far, including Deputy Kharitonov of the Communist Party of Russia and Leader Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, but there are a total of five candidates in total. The election of Mr. Putin, who is the key figure in the election, is certain.
In addition, former member of the House of Representatives Boris Nadezhdin, who criticizes President Putin's response to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, has announced his intention to run and is collecting signatures for official registration. Trends are attracting attention.