OREANDA-NEWS  At this stage, 11 people are participating in the election campaign. This was announced by the chairman of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova.

According to her, eight participants in the elections were nominated by political parties, and three were self—nominated.

The election of the President of the Russian Federation is scheduled to take place on March 17, 2024. 29 regions are planning to hold remote electronic voting along with the traditional format.

Vladimir Putin will take part in the upcoming elections as an independent candidate. According to the law on the election of the head of the Russian Federation, for this he had to create a group of voters in the number of at least 500 people, which was done. On December 23, members of the Fair Russia — Patriots — For Truth party supported Putin's nomination as a presidential candidate during the XIII Congress in Moscow.

It also became known that Russian citizens will be able to vote in the presidential elections not only directly in the Russian Federation, but also outside the country. There will be such an opportunity, for example, in Germany. Polling stations for the presidential elections will be deployed on the basis of the Russian Embassy in Berlin and the Consulate General in Bonn.