MOSCOW, January 28. Chairman of the Communists of Russia party Sergei Malinkovich submitted signatures in his support to the Central Election Commission for registration in the upcoming presidential elections, the correspondent reports.
In total, the party provided 19 boxes of signatures to the Central Election Commission.
«Today, On January 28, after a very long hard work, we arrived at the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation with precious signatures, more than 100 thousand of them with a good supply, they were collected throughout the country,” Malinkovich told reporters.
The Federation Council scheduled presidential elections for 17 March 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 the elections.
Nominees from non-parliamentary political parties — Sergei Malinkovich, Boris Nadezhdin, Andrei Bogdanov, Sergei Baburin, Irina Sviridova must submit at least 100 thousand signatures by January 31.
Self-nominees — Vladimir Putin, Rada of the Russians, Anatoly Batashev must collect at least 300 thousand signatures.
The Central Election Commission must decide to register all candidates no later than February 10.