MOSCOW, January 8. TASS/. More than 1.3 mln signatures have been collected in support of incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin's self-nomination for president of Russia in the 2024 elections, co-chair of the Presidential Election Headquarters Maryana Lysenko told reporters.
"We have collected over 1.3 mln signatures in support of Vladimir Putin, our candidate for president of Russia. The collection of signatures [in support of Putin] began on December 23 and will continue until the end of January (January 31 - TASS). Volunteers began sending the first collected documents to the central headquarters on December 30, where they were checked and processed by the legal service, before being counted by volunteers. The effort [to collect signatures] will continue, and we can hope that this number will increase," Lysenko said.
On January 8, signatures from 13 more regions of the country were delivered to the official election headquarters in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow. Earlier, volunteers delivered signatures from 45 regions to the headquarters.
According to the law, a self-nominee must collect 300,000 signatures to register as a candidate for the elections, with no more than 7,500 from each region. The deadline for submitting signatures to Russia's Central Election Commission is January 31. The Russian presidential elections will be held on March 15-17, 2024.