Putin to run as independent candidate for new presidential term - senior politicians

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the Constitutional Court judges on Constitution Day outside Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Tereschenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Vladimir Putin will run for president again as an independent candidate with a wide support base but not on a party ticket, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday, citing his supporters.

An initiative group made up of over 700 politicians and figures from the sporting and cultural worlds met on Saturday in Moscow and unanimously endorsed Putin's nomination as an independent candidate, Russian news agencies said.