Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run against Putin for Russian president

Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, speaks with journalists after meeting officials of the Central Election Commission to submit documents at an office in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova put her name forward on Wednesday to stand in a Russian presidential election in March that Vladimir Putin is expected to win by a landslide.

Duntsova, 40, called in an interview with Reuters last month for an end to the conflict in Ukraine and the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Alexei Navalny.