Vladimir Putin
Russia’s upper house of parliament agreed on Thursday to schedule the country’s presidential election on March 17, 2024.
The decision was approved unanimously by the Federation Council with 162 votes.
The head of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, remarked, “With this decision, we are effectively launching the start of the election campaign”.
She noted that inhabitants of Ukraine’s annexed Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson regions would vote for the first time.
“By choosing a head of state together, we fully share the common responsibility and common destiny of our fatherland”, Matviyenko added.
President Vladimir Putin has not yet publicly declared his desire to run for a new six-year term.
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