According to TASS, President Putin addressed the nation ahead of federal elections eight times--in 2000, 2004, 2016, and 2018 (twice before the presidential election and after announcing their results), in 2021, and 2020, before the nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments.
Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) will hold presidential elections on March 15 to 17 next year adding that elections will also be held through house-to-house voting in Russia's four new regions, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia, according to TASS.
The Russian Federation Council has unanimously agreed to officially designate March 17, 2024, as the date for next year's presidential election at a plenary meeting on Thursday, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported.
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday (local time) sanctioned four Kremlin-linked individuals for their efforts to interfere in the country's Presidential elections.
Moscow [Russia], Mar 18 (ANI): Russians on Sunday began voting in the presidential election, in which President Vladimir Putin is seeking a fourth term.
Washington D. C. [United States], November 1 (ANI): Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying in Washington D.C. about the Russian efforts to influence the 2016 United States presidential election campaign by spreading misinformation online.