Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s upper house of parliament announced on Thursday that the next presidential election is scheduled for March 17, 2024.
The senators unanimously agreed on this date, marking the start of the presidential campaign, as stated by Valentina Matvienko, the head of the chamber.
Although Vladimir Putin, who has been in power in Russia since 2000, has not officially declared his candidacy, it is widely anticipated that he will run again.
The election is set to happen two years after Russia started a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 and then took control of Ukrainian areas like Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
Matvienko mentioned that the election would mark a sort of coming together for these regions.