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Dmitry Peskov commented on the nomination for president, former member of the State Duma from the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS), representative of the Council of Deputies of the Moscow region Dolgoprudny Boris Nadezhdin with the “Civic Initiative” party. According to him, the party's decision does not mean that the “first candidate” has appeared. “The first candidate will appear when he is registered,” Peskov clarified.
According to the Kremlin spokesman, “a different number of candidates may appear in the presidential elections”, the Constitution determines who can run. post. “And many meet these criteria,” Peskov added.
However, the election campaign has not yet been announced, the Kremlin representative recalled.
Previously, it was reported that the AP was actively “ ;probes« candidates who, together with Vladimir Putin may participate in the upcoming presidential elections. In 2018, such a candidate was Ksenia Sobchak, who, like now Boris Nadezhdin, was nominated by the Civic Initiative party.
Last week, Putin met with Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky. The politician himself said that he and the president discussed the terms of the ceasefire in Ukraine and economic issues, but experts have no doubt that they also discussed Yavlinsky's participation in the elections.