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This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 2024 Russian presidential election.
Individuals in this section have been registered by the CEC to appear on the ballot. As of 1 February 2024, there are four registered candidates.[1][2]
Candidate's name, age, political party |
Experience | Home state | Campaign | Details | Registration date | ||
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Vladislav Davankov (39) New People |
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (2021–present) Member of the State Duma (2021–present) |
Moscow | (Campaign • Website) |
Davankov was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. He was also supported by Party of Growth, which announced that it would merge with New People. Davankov submitted documents to participate in the election on 25 December 2023 and 1 January 2024.[3][4] | 5 January 2024 | ||
Vladimir Putin (71) Independent |
Incumbent President of Russia (2000–2008 and 2012–present) Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000 and 2008–2012) FSB Director (1998–1999) |
Moscow | (Campaign • Website) |
During a ceremony to award soldiers in December 2023, Putin announced that he would participate in the election. He is supported by United Russia and A Just Russia – For Truth, among others.
Putin submitted documents to participate in the election on 18 December 2023, which were registered on 20 December.[2][5] The CEC analyzed 60,000 signatures out of the 315,000 submitted by Putin, and found that only 91 (0.15%) were invalid, which is significantly below the 5% threshold.[6] |
29 January 2024 | ||
Leonid Slutsky (56) Liberal Democratic Party |
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (2022–present) Member of the State Duma (1999–present) |
Moscow | (Campaign • Website) |
Slutsky was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. He submitted documents to the CEC on 25 December 2023 and 1 January 2024.[7][8] | 5 January 2024 | ||
Nikolay Kharitonov (75) Communist Party |
Member of the State Duma (1993–present) |
Krasnodar Krai | Kharitonov was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. He previously ran in the 2004 presidential election and came second with 13.7% of the vote. Kharitonov submitted documents to participate in the election on 27 December 2023 and 3 January 2024. | 9 January 2024 |
Individuals in this section have submitted documents to the CEC to register their participation. These documents had to be submitted to the CEC by 27 December 2023 inclusive (for independents), while party-based nominations had until 1 January 2024 to do this.[7]
In late December, the CEC stated that 33 potential candidates had declared an intention to take part in the elections (24 independents and nine party-based nominations); out of them, 15 individuals submitted documents to register as candidates (six independents and nine party-based nominations).[9]
The next step is to collect signatures by 31 January 2024. Independents have to gather from 300,000 to 315,000 signatures from the public in at least 40 of Russia's regions to support their participation and thereby be included on the ballot, while potential candidates nominated by political parties that are not represented in the State Duma or in at least a third of the country's regional parliaments must gather from 100,000 to 105,000 signatures.[10] Vladimir Putin was the first to achieve this, having gathered more than half a million signatures by 30 December; by 17 January he had gathered 2.5 million signatures.[11][12]
Potential candidate's name, age, political party |
Experience | Home region | Campaign | Details | Reference | Signatures collected | ||
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Sergey Malinkovich (48) Communists of Russia |
Member of the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly (2021–present) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communists of Russia (2022–present) |
Altai Krai | (Campaign) | On 28 December 2023, Malinkovich was nominated as the candidate for his party. He submitted documents to register with the CEC on 1 January 2024. On 2 February, the CEC informed Malinkovich that it had found deficiencies in the signatures he had submitted. | [13] | Signatures collected 105,000 / 105,000 [14]Signatures accepted 0 / 105,000
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Boris Nadezhdin (60) Civic Initiative |
Member of the Dolgoprudny City Council (1990–1997, 2019–present) Founder and President of the Institute of Regional Projects and Legislation Foundation (2001–present) Member of the State Duma (1999–2003) |
Moscow Oblast | (Campaign • Website) |
On 31 October 2023, Nadezhdin announced that he would run from the Civic Initiative party. On 26 December he submitted registration documents to the CEC, which were registered on 28 December. On 2 February, the CEC informed Malinkovich that it had found deficiencies in the signatures he had submitted. | [15][16] | Signatures collected 105,000 / 105,000
Signatures accepted 0 / 105,000
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The candidates on this list were allowed to collect signatures of voters for inclusion in the ballots, but withdrew their candidacies from the election.
Name, age, political party |
Experience | Home region | Details | ||
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Sergey Baburin (64) Russian All-People's Union |
People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Member of the State Duma (1994–2000, 2003–2007) Leader of the Russian All-People's Union (2011–present) |
Moscow | Baburin was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. Baburin ran for president in the 2018 election, in which he came last. He submitted documents to participate in the election on 26 December, which were registered on 29 December.[18][19] On 30 January Baburin submitted the collected signatures to the Central Election Commission and immediately announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy and endorsed Vladimir Putin.[20] | ||
Anatoly Batashev
(64) Independent |
Press-secretary of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media
(2004–2005) Advisor to the Mayor of Balashikha, Moscow Oblast (2015–2016) Journalist, blogger, enviromentalist |
Moscow Oblast | Batashev submitted documents to participate in the election on 27 December, which were registered on 29 December.[21] On 31 January Batashev withdrew his candidacy, announcing that he was no longer participating in the election.[22] | ||
Andrei Bogdanov (53) Russian Party of Freedom and Justice |
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia (2007–present) Leader of the Democratic Party (2005-2014) Leader of the Communist Party of Social Justice (2014-2017) |
Moscow Oblast | Bogdanov was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. On 26 December he submitted registration documents to the CEC, which were registered on 28 December. Bogdanov participated in the 2008 presidential elections and came last with 1.31% of the vote.[23][24] On 31 January, Bogdanov withdrew his candidacy from the election. According to him, he made this decision because of the fact that he has an open foreign bank account.[25] | ||
Rada Russkikh
(39) Independent |
Blogger | Sverdlovsk Oblast | In December 2023, beauty blogger Russkikh announced her intent to participate in the election via her social media page. On 17 December Russkikh gathered 499 signatures out of the needed 500 to form an initiative group of voters, and announced that a second meeting would be held in December; media outlets cast doubt on the seriousness of her intent to become president, calling it a "show" and "PR activity".[26][27] A second meeting was held at which she received 529 signatures.[28] The CEC accepted documents from Russkikh on 27 December, which were registered on 29 December. On 30 January 2024, Russkikh admitted that she "doesn't know" how many signatures she collected and has that it wasn't a serious campaign.[29] On 2 February, the CEC informed her that a number of key documents were absent.[30] Russkikh was able to collect only 476 signatures out of the required 300,000.[31] | ||
Irina Sviridova (35) Democratic Party |
Economist | Tambov Oblast | Sviridova was nominated by her party in December 2023 during the party's congress. She submitted documents to the CEC on 28 December, which were registered on 29 December.[32][33] On January 31, the leader of the Democratic Party, Alexander Zorin, announced that Sviridova had failed to collect the required number of signatures, which is why she withdrew from the election.[34] |
Name, age, political party |
Experience | Home region | Campaign | Details | Reason for rejection | |
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Yekaterina Duntsova (40) Independent |
Journalist, Member of the Rzhev City Duma (2019–2022) |
Tver Oblast | (Campaign • Website) |
In November 2023, Duntsova announced her intent to participate in the election via her social media page and unveiled her campaign website. She submitted documents to participate in the election on December 20, 2023.[35] | The CEC found a number errors in Duntsova's documents. Duntsova immediately responded by launching an appeal to the Supreme Court and simultaneously asked Yabloko to nominate her.[36] Her request was quickly rejected by Grigory Yavlinsky, a key member of Yabloko,[37] and the party later released an official statement: "Yabloko does not nominate random and obscure citizens."[38] On 27 December, the Supreme Court confirmed the validity of the CEC's decision.[39][40] | |
Vladimir Mikhailov (59) Party of Social Protection |
Chairman of the Party of Social Protection (2019–present) Member of the Kostroma Oblast Duma (2005–present) |
Kostroma Oblast | Mikhailov was nominated by his party on 23 December 2023; the CEC accepted his documents to register as a candidate a day later.[41] | Mikhailov's registration documents were rejected by the CEC on 28 December 2023 due to multiple issues, including because the party congress that nominated him was recognized as illegitimate due to a lack of authorized delegates.[42] | ||
Ivan Otrakovsky (47) Independent |
Leader of the Army of Defenders of the Fatherland movement (2020–present) Captain of the Russian Naval Infantry |
Moscow | (Website) |
Otrakovsky was nominated by the All-Russian Officers' Assembly, a public organization of retired officers of the Russian Armed Forces headed by Vladimir Kvachkov. He submitted registration documents to the CEC on 27 December 2023, which were accepted despite the fact that a number of documents missing and the minutes the initiative group of votes had not been signed by a notary.[43][44][45] | Otrakovsky's registration documents were rejected by the CEC on 29 December 2023. | |
Aleksandra Tishchenko (46) Independent |
None | Moscow | (Website) | In December 2023, information emerged that Tishchenko intends to ballot for president. She submitted documents to participate in the election on December 27, 2023.[46] | Tishchenko's registration documents were rejected by the CEC on 29 December 2023. |
Name, age, political party |
Experience | Home region | Campaign | Details | Withdrawal date | Reference | ||
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Sergey Baburin (64) Russian All-People's Union |
People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Member of the State Duma (1994–2000, 2003–2007) Leader of the Russian All-People's Union (2011–present) |
Moscow | (Campaign) | Baburin was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. Baburin ran for president in the 2018 election, in which he came last. He submitted documents to participate in the election on 26 December, which were registered on 29 December.[47][48] Baburin collected the required number of signatures, but decided to withdraw on the day before the deadline to submit signatures. | 30 January 2024 | [49] | ||
Ustin Chashchikhin (48) Independent |
Author[50] | Saint Petersburg | Chashchikhin announced his intent to run for president on his social media page in June 2023. He failed to register with the CEC. | 27 December 2023 | [51] | |||
Igor Girkin (52) Independent |
Minister of Defense of the Donetsk People's Republic (2014–2015) Founder of the organisation Club of Angry Patriots[52] |
Moscow | (Campaign) |
Igor Girkin announced his intention to participate in the elections via his Telegram channel. On December 24, he was nominated by an initiative group of voters. However, a notary did not attend the meeting.[53] Ultimately, the initiative group could not register with the CEC because Girkin was unable to sign the registration documents.[54] | 27 December 2023 | [55] | ||
Andrei Bogdanov (53) Russian Party of Freedom and Justice |
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia (2007–present) Leader of the Democratic Party (2005-2014) Leader of the Communist Party of Social Justice (2014-2017) |
Moscow Oblast | (Campaign) | Bogdanov was nominated by his party in December 2023 during the party's congress. On 26 December he submitted registration documents to the CEC, which were registered on 28 December. Bogdanov participated in the 2008 presidential elections and came last with 1.31% of the vote. Bogdanov has withdrawn from candidacy in 31 January | 31 January 2024 | [56] | ||
Anatoly Batashev (64) Independent |
Press-secretary of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media (2004–2005) Advisor to the Mayor of Balashikha, Moscow Oblast (2015–2016) Journalist, blogger, enviromentalist |
Moscow Oblast | (Campaign) | Batashev submitted documents to participate in the election on 27 December, which were registered on 29 December.[57] Batashev submitted signatures to the CEC on 31 January 2024, after this he publicly stated that he hadn't withdrawn but had "decided to stop fighting". On 2 February 2024, the CEC informed him that his documents contained "critical errors", and that would make a decision regarding his registration on 7 February.[58] | February 2024 | [citation needed] | ||
Anatoly Rabinovich (53) Independent |
Head of the National Pension Association Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the rehabilitation center for people with disabilities "Sunny Circle" |
Moscow | Rabinovich announced his bid via the media. He failed to register with the CEC. | 27 December 2023 | [59] | |||
Alexander Suslov (44) Independent |
Businessman | Kirov Oblast | (Campaign • Website) | In November 2023, Suslov announced his intent to participate in the election.[60] However, he was unable to gather the 500 signatures needed to create the initiative group required to nominate him. | 23 December 2023 | [45] | ||
Rada Russkikh (39) Independent |
Blogger | Sverdlovsk Oblast | (Campaign) | In December 2023, beauty blogger Russkikh announced her intent to participate in the election via her social media page. On 17 December Russkikh gathered 499 signatures out of the needed 500 to form an initiative group of voters, and announced that a second meeting would be held in December; media outlets cast doubt on the seriousness of her intent to become president, calling it a "show" and "PR activity".[26][27] A second meeting was held at which she received 529 signatures.[28] The CEC accepted documents from Russkikh on 27 December, which were registered on 29 December. On 30 January Russkikh admitted that she "doesn't know" how many signatures she has collected and has basically admitted that it wasn't a serious campaign. On 2 February 2024, the CEC stated that Russkikh had submitted 476 signatures. | February 2024 | [61] | ||
Irina Sviridova (35) Democratic Party |
Economist | Tambov Oblast | (Campaign) | Sviridova was nominated by her party in December 2023 during the party's congress. She submitted documents to the CEC on 28 December, which were registered on 29 December.[62][63] Sviridova was unable to gather enough signatures to support her candidacy and withdrew from the race. | 30 January 2024 | [64] |
The following individuals were included in some polls, were referred to in the media as possible candidates or have publicly expressed interest long before the election but never announced that they would run.
The individuals in this section have publicly denied interest in running.
This section contains the most well-known potential candidates who lost their right to run.