2024 Russian presidential election
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Russia in March 2024. In accordance with electoral law, the first round will be held on Sunday, 17 March.[1] If no candidate receives more than half the vote, a second round will take place exactly three weeks later on 7 April 2024.[2] The winner of the election is scheduled to be inaugurated on 7 May 2024.[3]
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The elections will be the first after the 2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin would be eligible to seek re-election. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported in January 2023 that preparation was underway for his election campaign.[4] This was later denied by his spokesman.[5] As of April 2023, Putin has not announced his intention to run for re-election.[6]
As was the case in the 2018 Russian presidential election, one of the prominent opposition leaders, Alexei Navalny,[7][8][9] is barred from running due to a prior criminal conviction,[10][11] which is widely seen as politically motivated.[12][13] In addition, Navalny is currently serving a prison sentence until at least 2032.[14][15]
Background
2020 constitutional reform
According to clause 3 of article 81 of the Constitution of Russia, the same person cannot hold the position of President of the Russian Federation for more than two terms.[16] The constitutional reform confirmed this provision, and even removed the words "in a row", because there was actually no limit on the maximum number of terms and thanks to which Vladimir Putin again became President in 2012. However, at the same time, the number of terms previously held by the incumbent and former presidents has ceased to be taken into account, which is why Vladimir Putin can be elected again for two new terms.
New requirements for candidates
According to the new version of the Constitution, presidential candidates must:[17]
- Be at least 35 years old (the requirement has not changed);
- Be resident in Russia for at least 25 years (previously 10 years);
- Not have foreign citizenship or residence permit in a foreign country, either at the time of the election or at any time before (new constitutional requirement).
Announced candidates
Individuals in this section have publicly announced their participation in the election, but have not yet submitted documents to the Central Election Commission. According to Russian law, they will be able to submit documents to the CEC only after the Federation Council officially calls the election (no earlier than December 2023).
Candidate name, age, political party |
Experience | Campaign details | Announcement date | Ref | ||
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Ivan Otrakovsky (47) Independent |
Leader of the Army of Defenders of the Fatherland movement (2020-present) Capitan of the Russian Naval Infantry Anti-vaccine activist |
Ivan Otrakovsky was nominated as a candidate for president by the All-Russian Officers' Assembly, a public organization uniting retired officers of the Russian armed forces and headed by Vladimir Kvachkov. | 21 April 2023 | [18][19] |
Individuals who have publicly expressed interest
Individuals in this section have expressed an interest in running for president.
United RussiaCommunist Party
Liberal Democratic Party |
A Just Russia — For TruthYabloko
Party of Social Protection
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Independent
- Andrey Zamay, rapper.[31]
- Dmitri Nossov, sportsman, judoka and former Deputy of the State Duma.[32]
- Maxim Suraykin, Former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast, former leader of the Communists of Russia, 2018 presidential candidate.[33]
- Boris Yakemenko, public activist and co-founder of the Nashi movement.[34]
Potential candidates
Individuals in this section are the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy.
United Russia
- Alexey Dyumin, Governor of Tula Oblast.[35][36][37][38][39]
- Dmitry Medvedev, leader of United Russia party, former Prime Minister of Russia and former President of Russia.[40][41][42]
- Dmitry Mironov, assistant to the President of Russia, former Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast.[38]
- Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, former Deputy and Chairman of the State Duma.[42]
- Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister, former Minister of Energy.[43][44]
- Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defence, former Governor of Moscow Oblast, former Minister of Emergency Situations.[45][39]
- Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow.[46][47][42]
- Andrey Turchak, Senator from Pskov Oblast and First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, former Governor of Pskov Oblast.[45]
- Former President
Dmitry Medvedev - Presidential assistant
Dmitry Mironov
Communist Party
- Yury Afonin, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Nikolai Bondarenko, former Deputy of the Saratov Oblast Duma.[48]
- Leonid Kalashnikov, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Andrey Klychkov, Governor of Oryol Oblast.[48]
- Nikolay Kolomeytsev, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Alexey Kurinny, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Anatoly Lokot, Mayor of Novosibirsk, former Deputy of the State Duma.[49]
- Oleg Mikhailov, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Nikita Mikhalkov,[a 2] filmmaker, actor, chairman of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.[50]
- Dmitry Novikov, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Maria Prusakova, Deputy of the State Duma.[48]
- Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party, Deputy of the State Duma.[51]
- Mayor
Anatoly Lokot
Liberal Democratic Party
- Mikhail Degtyarev, Governor of Khabarovsk Krai, former Deputy of the State Duma.
- Igor Lebedev, former Deputy of the State Duma.
- Alexey Ostrovsky, Governor of Smolensk Oblast, former Deputy of the State Duma.[52]
- Leonid Slutsky, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Deputy of the State Duma.[53]
- Party leader
Leonid Slutsky
A Just Russia — For Truth
- Zakhar Prilepin, writer, publicist, TV anchor, public activist, former leader of the For Truth party.[39][54]
Yabloko
- Dmitry Muratov, journalist, editor-in-chief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.[55][56]
Independent
- Andrey Belousov, First Deputy Prime Minister.[57]
- Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.[58]
- Sergey Kiriyenko, Kremlin First Deputy Chief of Staff and former Prime Minister of Russia.[59]
- Alexei Kudrin, Former Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, former Minister of Finace.[60]
- Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Russia.[61]
- Dmitry Patrushev, Minister of Agriculture.[62][63]
- Yevgeny Prigozhin, businessman, head of the Wagner Group.[64]
- Vladimir Putin, incumbent President, former Prime Minister of Russia, former Director of the Federal Security Service.
- Kremlin First Deputy Chief of Staff
Sergey Kiriyenko
Declined to be candidates
The individuals in this section have publicly denied interest in running.
United Russia
A Just Russia — For Truth
- Sergey Mironov, Leader of the A Just Russia — For Truth party, Deputy of the State Duma, Former Chairman of the Federation Council, presidential candidate in 2004 and 2012.[66]
Yabloko
- Grigory Yavlinsky, former Deputy of the State Duma, former leader of the Yabloko party, presidential candidate in 1996, 2000 and 2018.[67]
Independent
- Maxim Galkin, comedian and TV anchor.[68]
Disqualified candidates
This section contains candidates who expressed their intention to run or the most well-known potential candidates who have lost their right to run.
Independent
- Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist. He is barred from running in the election due to a prior criminal conviction, which is widely seen by political analysts, jurists and human rights organizations, as politically motivated.[12][69][13][11] In addition, Navalny is currently serving a jail sentence that will be followed by another sentence which is set to expire in 2032, years after the election takes place.[14][70]
- Sergei Polonsky, businessman, former CEO of the Mirax Group.[71] In 2013, he received Cambodian citizenship, and now does not have the right to become President of Russia, even if he renounces his foreign citizenship.
- Ksenia Sobchak, TV anchor, opposition activist and journalist, Civic Initiative's presidential nominee in 2018.[72] In 2022, she received Israeli citizenship, and now does not have the right to become President of Russia, even if she renounces her foreign citizenship.
Endorsements
- Deputies of the State Duma
- Sergey Mironov, Deputy of the State Duma, leader of the A Just Russia — For Truth party, former Chairman of the Federation Council[66]
Opinion polls
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Putin | Grudinin | Zyuganov | Shoigu | Lavrov | Yavlinsky | Medvedev | Sobyanin | Dyumin | Mishustin | Platoshkin | Bondarenko | |||||||||
24–30 Nov 2022 | Levada Center | 39% | — | 5% | — | 1% | 12% | 14% | — | — | 3% | 3% | — | 17% | — | — | 1% | 5% | 7% | 18% |
30 Sep 2022 | Russia annexes part of southeastern Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||
21–27 Jul 2022 | Levada Center | 43% | — | 4% | — | 1% | 14% | 14% | — | — | 3% | 4% | — | 16% | — | — | 1% | 5% | 16% | 16% |
6 Apr 2022 | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies[73] | |||||||||||||||||||
24 Feb 2022 | Beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||
21 Feb 2022 | Russia announces international recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic | |||||||||||||||||||
10–28 Dec 2021 | CIPKR | — | 3% | — | 0% | 5% | 18% | — | — | — | 2% | 1% | 1% | 15% | — | — | — | 24% | 31% | |
25 Nov–1 Dec 2021 | Levada Center | 32% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | — | — | 1% | 3% | 21% | 27% |
22–28 Apr 2021 | Levada Center | 40% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 18% | 23% |
Dec 2020 | CIPKR | — | 5% | — | 1% | 2% | 18% | — | — | — | 4% | 2% | 0% | 8% | — | — | — | 33% | 27% | |
19–26 Nov 2020 | Levada Center | 39% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | — | 1% | — | 2% | 16% | 24% |
20–26 Aug 2020 | Levada Center | 40% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 1% | 1% | — | 2% | 26% | 22% |
18–23 Dec 2019 | CIPKR | — | 9% | — | 4% | — | 24% | — | — | — | 11% | 5% | 1% | — | — | — | — | 26% | 20% | |
12–18 Dec 2019 | Levada Center | 38% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | — | — | — | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2% | 26% | 22% |
18–24 Jul 2019 | Levada Center | 40% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | — | — | — | — | <1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2% | 31% | 19% |
21–27 Mar 2019 | Levada Center | 41% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 1% | — | — | <1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3% | 26% | 19% |
18–24 Oct 2018 | Levada Center | 40% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2% | 27% | 23% |
Notes
- Pavel Grudinin is not a member of the Communist party, but expressed his intention to run for this party.
- Nikita Mikhalkov is not a member of the Communist party, but according to media reports, he may run for this party.
- Has not declared his candidacy
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