Vladislav Davankov 2024 presidential campaign

Campaigned for	2024 Russian presidential election
Candidate	Vladislav Davankov Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (2021–present day) Member of the State Duma (2021–present day)
Affiliation	New People
Status	Announced and nominee: 24 December 2023
Key people	Chief of the Public Headquarters: Sardana Avksentyeva Co-chairman of the Public Headquarters: Stanislav Druzhinin
Slogan	ДА ПЕРЕМЕНАМ! (YES TO CHANGES!)
Website	davankov2024.ru

The 2024 presidential campaign of Vladislav Davankov, deputy chairman of the State Duma was announced on 24 December 2023, during the New People party's congress.

Background

The New People party was created in 2020 by Russian businessman Alexey Nechayev. In 2021, the party participated in the legislative election election for the first time and was able to gain 5.3% of the vote, gaining 13 seats in the State Duma. Vladislav Davankov was elected deputy chairman of the State Duma from the party.

Davankov did not publicly announce his participation in the elections, which is why the name of the candidate was not known before the party congress. At the end of 2022, there were rumors about the possible nomination by the New People party of former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin as a presidential candidate. The possibility of Kudrin's nomination for president was not ruled out by party leader Alexei Nechaev.^[1]

In early December 2023, the New People's press service announced that the party was considering three candidates for the presidential nomination, namely Vladislav Davankov, State Duma deputy and former mayor of Yakutsk Sardana Avksentyeva and party leader Alexey Nechayev.^[2]

In 2023, Vladislav Davankov was a candidate for Mayor of Moscow. In the election held in September 2023, Davankov took 4th place, gaining 5.3% of the vote.

Nomination

Vladislav Davankov was officially nominated as a presidential candidate at the congress of the New People Party, held on 24 December 2023. All 69 delegates voted for him.^[3]

Davankov was also endorsed by the Party of Growth, whose congress was held on the same day. Both parties have been part of a bloc called the Union of Progressive Political Forces since June 2023. In addition, at the congress of the New People party, the beginning of the process of uniting the two parties was officially announced.^[4]

Campaign

Immediately after his nomination, Davankov made a speech in which he stated that the basis of his presidential program would be the expansion of civil and business freedoms and the fight against new prohibitions and restrictions. As part of the campaign, Davankov plans to visit about 30 cities to communicate with citizens and present them with his vision of what Russia should be like.^[5]

During his campaign, Davankov does not plan to criticise his opponents, claiming that criticising political opponents is “a thing of the past”.^[6]

Campaign organizations

On 24 December 2023, the day Davankov was nominated for president, it was announced that Sardana Avksentyeva would head the public support headquarters.^[7]

Stanislav Druzhinin, an entrepreneur and public figure, President of the Russian Diving Federation, became the co-chairman of the public headquarters. Druzhinin is an adviser to Davankov and in 2023 was the head of his staff at the Moscow mayoral election.^[8]

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