MOSCOW, January 23 Founder of the Russian party Party of Freedom and Justice» Andrei Bogdanov reported that the collection of signatures to nominate him for the presidential elections of the Russian Federation «is going well», 90 thousand signatures have already been collected, the rest are expected from the regions.
«Everything is going great… There will be 105 thousand. Or rather, we will collect more, but we will check quite carefully, so the rejection is still 30 percent. We are on time, now more than 50 thousand signatures have been bound and prepared for delivery, we are waiting for the remainder from the regions, 90 thousand signatures are already in hand. I even think that everything has already been collected, we just have to wait for signatures from the regions, some are traveling by train, some by plane,» Bogdanov said.
The Federation Council has scheduled presidential elections for March 17, 2024. Voting will last three days: March 15, 16 and 17.
Currently, 11 people are vying for the post of head of state. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has registered three presidential candidates — Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov. Since all three are representatives of parliamentary parties, collecting signatures in their support is not required to register as candidates for elections.
Nominees from non-parliamentary political parties — Sergei Malinkovich, Boris Nadezhdin, Andrei Bogdanov, Sergei Baburin, Irina Sviridova must submit at least 100 thousand by January 31.
Self-nominees — Vladimir Putin, the Russian Rada, Anatoly Batashev — need to collect at least 300 thousand signatures. Earlier, signature sheets were submitted to the commission by Putin’s headquarters.
The Central Election Commission must make a decision on the registration of all candidates no later than February 10.