Vladimir Putin the incumbent President of the Russian Federation was on Monday officially registered as a Presidential candidate in the March elections.
According to local press, Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) on Monday officially registered Vladimir Putin as a candidate after his campaign submitted the required number of signatures endorsing his re-election bid.
Under Russian election laws, a presidential hopeful who intends to run as an independent candidate must collect 300,000 unique signatures endorsing his or her candidacy.
Putin’s campaign managed to collect some 315,000 signatures from citizens across the country while invalidating only 0.15% of the endorsements due to various errors.
“The decision was unanimous,” CEC head Ella Pamfilova said of Monday’s announcement to register Putin’s candidacy.
Putin is the fourth presidential candidate to receive official approval from CEC to run in the upcoming election, a race he is certain to win.
Other candiates approved include; candidates from the far-right Liberal Democratic Party, the Communist Party and the New People party.
