MOSCOW, January 12 More than 1.8 million signatures in support of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin have been collected throughout the country, the candidate’s website putin2024.ru reported on Friday.
«More than 1.8 million signatures have been collected throughout the country in support of the candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. All 89 regions of Russia delivered the first batches of documents to the central headquarters,» the message says.
It is noted that representatives of volunteer organizations, the ONF and the United Russia party continue to collect signatures throughout the country.
According to the law, a self-nominated candidate in presidential elections must collect at least 300 thousand voter signatures in his support, so that each subject of the Russian Federation has at least 7.5 thousand signatures of those living on its territory. Signatures in support of the candidate must be submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation from December 27 to January 31, after which the Central Election Commission will check them, consider all documents and, within 10 days, make a decision on whether to register the candidate for the elections or to refuse it.
The Federation Council has scheduled elections for March 17, 2024. Voting will last three days: March 15, 16 and 17. This will be the first three-day presidential election in the Russian Federation.