 With 100% of ballots counted, Russian presidential race frontrunner President Vladimir Putin leads the 2024 presidential race with 87.28% of the vote, according to information of Russian Central Election Commission. Communist Party candidate Nikolai Karatanov is the runner-up with 4.31%, followed by the new people party candidate Vladislav Dubankov with 3.85%. LDPR candidate Leonid Slutsky is fourth, garnering 3.2%, the current election is the fifth for Vladimir Putin. As of 2018, he was running as an independent while also enjoying the support of several political forces, including the governing United Russia Party and the opposition party Fair Russia for Truth, as well as the Rodina Party. The Communist Party nominated Nikolai Karatanov, a veteran politician who already ran for president in 2004 but lost to Putin and took second place at that time. The right-wing Liberal Democratic Party was represented by its new leader, Leonid Slutsky, who took over after the passing in 2022 of its long-time head, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Seen as hawkish, Slutsky advocates closer cooperation with Asian countries while considering the West to be a threat. He is also calling for tighter control over foreign agents and for accelerating Russia's military campaign against Ukraine. The fourth candidate on the ballot was Vladislav Dubankov, an MP and a member of the new people party created in 2021. His presidential program is centered on peace and negotiations, with the caveat on our terms, not a step back. On March 17, on the last day of the three-day presidential elections in Russia, thousands of Russian citizens went to the embassies at noon to vote as part of the noon against Putin campaign in various European cities. Those taking part in the action said they voted against Putin. The protest has been organized by Yulia Navalnya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. It should be noted that the noon against Putin action was organized by the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who died in prison on February 16. In January 2024, Navalny called on Russian citizens to go to the polling station on election day and vote against Putin. This initiative was supported by his supporters. The purpose of the action is to build unity against Putin. This was Alexei Navalny's last initiative and is called Navalny's political testament. It should be noted that Yulia Navalnya, the wife of Alexei Navalny, also participated in this action in Berlin.