March 18, 2024 - Moscow, Russia: Press conference dedicated to summing up the participation of the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the 2024 Russian presidential elections, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Nikolai Kharitonov at the TASS press center. From left to right: First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Novikov, election candidate, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Nikolai Kharitonov and the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, head of the Communist Party faction in the Russian State Duma Gennady Zyuganov during the press conference. (Irina Buzhor/Kommersant/Polaris)