Polling staff await for voters as voting begins for the 2024...

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - 2024/03/15: Polling staff await for voters as voting begins for the 2024 Russian presidential election. The 2024 Russian presidential election is scheduled to take place from March 15 to March 17. The electorate will have four presidential candidates to consider: Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Nikolai Kharitonov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party, and the incumbent president, running as an independent, Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)