3/ The final version of the list candidates, in addition to the incumbent President Putin, included only three nominees from parties in the State #Duma: Nikolai #Kharitonov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Leonid #Slutsky from the Liberal Democratic Party and Vladislav #Davankov from the New People party.
None of them openly oppose #Putin, and the parties from which they were nominated supported a full-scale #Russian invasion of #Ukraine.
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation approved the presidential ballot text. For the first time since 2008, it will feature only four "candidates": Vladislav #Davankov from the "New People" party, the incumbent Vladimir #Putin, LDPR leader Leonid #Slutsky, and KPRF's nominee Nikolay #Kharitonov.