Putin’s presidential nomination to be held December 16 in Moscow

A voters’ committee will gather at Moscow’s Zaryadye concert hall on December 16 to nominate Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate, reports TASS, citing Vladimir Mashkov, the head of the Theater Workers’ Union. According to Mashkov, the committee considered holding the meeting at the VDNKh exhibition center in Moscow (where it was held in 2017), but the venue is fully booked with the “Russia” exhibition until March.

Under Russian presidential election law, if a candidate wishes to run as an independent, they must submit a petition to register a group of at least 500 supporting voters within 20 days after elections are announced.  

On December 7, the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament, the Federation Council, set the date for Russia’s next presidential elections for March 17, 2024. The next day, the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) adopted a resolution to hold the Russian presidential election over three days — from March 15 to 17. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term.