4 candidates have been registered for the President of the Russian Federation: what is known about them (photo)

In addition to Putin, the CEC of the Russian Federation admitted to the elections of Slutsky, Davankov and Kharitonov. All three are current deputies of the State Duma and are under international sanctions because of the support of invasion of Ukraine. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation has announced a summary list of four candidates in the Presidential Elections.

The CEC meeting was announced on February 8 by the chairman of the commission, Ella Pomfilov, as Forbes Russia writes. In addition to Vladimir Putin, in the eighth elections of the President of Russia will be participated: who are these candidates who will become "competitors" of the current President in the election on March 15-17, 2024? Russian politician, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia since May 2022.

Head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the Russian Federation since May 2022. Head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs since 2016. Doctor of Economic Sciences. Head of the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Political Science. MV Lomonosov and the Department of International Relations Mass. Since March 2020 he has been the President of the Faculty of World Policy of MSU. MV Lomonosov.

Since 2002 the chairman of the Board of the International Public Foundation "Russian Peace Fund". Since 2014, Slutsky has been on US sanction lists, EU countries and a number of other countries for supporting the annexation of Crimea and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In 2018, Slutsky became the central figure in the history of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of sexual scandal, which was widely covered in the Russian and international press, and also caused a solidarity "boycott" of a number of media against the deputy. In 2022 he was one of Russia's representatives in Russian-Ukrainian negotiations after invasion of Ukraine. Russian politician, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Development of the Far East and Arctic since 2021.

Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He was a PACE member until 2022. PhD in Economics. He participated in the 2004 presidential election, in which he took second place (13. 69 % of the vote). Due to the support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is under international sanctions of the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and a number of other countries. Russian public and political figure, entrepreneur.

Deputy Head of the State Duma since 2021. First Deputy Head of the New People Party faction since October 2021. In 2018-2021, the Deputy Director General of the Autonomous Non-profit Organization "Russia-Country of Opportunities". Due to the support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is under international sanctions of the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and a number of other countries.

On the popular online encyclopedia "Wikipedia" you can read the list of unregistered candidates for the 2024. First of all, it is Boris Nadezhdin, who was considered the only "anti -war" candidate. The CEC declared invalid 9147 signatures for its support. 60 thousand signatures were checked, the proportion of marriage by law was 5%. Nadezhdin had 6. 5%. He intends to challenge the decision in court.

It should be reminded that Nadezhdin allegedly opposed the war, but did not promise Ukraine in the event of his victory. In addition, Sergey Baburin ("Russian national union") was going to participate in the elections. On December 26, 2023 he passed the documents for nomination at the CEC, but already on January 30 stated that he had collected enough signatures, but decided to remove his candidacy, urging to unite around Vladimir Putin.

Among the contenders for participation in the elections of 2024, the self -nominated, eco -activist Anatoly Batashev, who submitted documents for nomination on December 27, 2023, and on January 31 he also submitted signatures to the CEC and acknowledged that he could not collect the required number. The next unregistered contender is Andriy Bogdanov, the head of the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice.

On December 26, he also passed the documents for nomination to the CEC, and on January 31, 2024 he stated that he had collected enough signatures, but decided to remove his candidacy. Later, Bogdanov emphasized that he would still be removed through a bank account abroad, which he unsuccessfully tried to close remotely, since the Schengen visa was not issued for him within a year. Self-nominated, deputy of the Rzhevsk City Duma in 2019-2022 Kateryna Duntsov was simply not allowed to register.