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Election logo. Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. [1] [2] [a] It was the eighth presidential election in the country.The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage in a presidential election in post-Soviet Russia, [4] gaining a fifth term in what was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion.
In 2012, President Dmitry Medvedev refused to run for a second term and supported Vladimir Putin. Putin was elected president again in 2012 and re-elected in 2018. Initially, Putin could not run for president in 2024 due to the current term limit, but constitutional reform took place in 2020. The constitutional reform established a hard limit ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday told soldiers who had fought in the Ukraine war that he would run for president again in the 2024 election, a move that will allow the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will seek re-election in March 2024, in a move that could see him retain power until at least 2030. Russia’s Vladimir Putin says he will run for ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Vladimir Putin will run for president again as an independent candidate with a wide support base but not on a party ticket, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday, citing his ...
Putin had first suggested increasing the presidential term in 2007. The amendment was enacted in December 2008, to take effect beginning with the next term after the 2012 election. [11] In September 2011, Medvedev endorsed Putin for a return to the presidency in the 2012 election. [12] Putin returned to the presidency after the 2012 election. [13]
Putin is still expected to seek another term when Russia holds presidential elections next March. ... He submissively acceded to Putin's desire to run for a new term in 2012, serving as prime ...
Vladimir Putin has served as President of the Russian Federation continuously since 2012, having previously served between 2000 and 2008, after which the position was held by Dmitry Medvedev. According to official data, in the 2024 presidential election, Putin won with 87.28% of the votes in the first round.