FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who wants to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, rides an elevator as she visits an office of the Central Election Commission to submit documents in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who wants to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS
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 Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, and her representatives attend a meeting with officials of the Central Election Commission to submit documents at an office in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2023. One of the signs on the board reads: "Russia's presidential election". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who wants to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who wants to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, arrives to submit documents at an office of the Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who wants to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina Photo: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/REUTERS