Sviridova, nominated for presidential elections from the Democratic Party of Russia, did not collect the required number of signatures

This was stated by party leader Alexander Zorin.

Sviridova needed to collect at least 100 thousand signatures, with no more than 2.5 thousand in one subject.

“The Democratic Party of Russia announces that it will not submit signatures to the Russian Central Election Commission in support of its nominated candidate Irina Vladimirovna Sviridova, since the required number (of signatures. -

)... could not be collected in support of the candidate,” TASS quotes Zorin. 

He added that the party will support the presidential candidate, the current head of state Vladimir Putin, in the presidential elections.

Earlier, the chairman of the Russian All-People's Union, Sergei Baburin, announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy from the presidential elections. He did this immediately after submitting signatures for registration to the CEC.

Baburin also spoke with RT about the reasons for withdrawing his candidacy from the presidential election.