Zhirinovsky has stated that he intends to participate in all presidential elections until he turns 90 (at least until 2036),[2][3] and has also repeatedly expressed his intention to run for president in 2024.

[4][5] In March, he was reportedly placed in a medically induced coma,[6] and underwent treatment for COVID-19 complications such as sepsis and respiratory failure.

[10][11] Vladimir Zhirinovsky named among his potential successors Mikhail Degtyarev, Alexei Didenko, Yaroslav Nilov, as well as his son Igor Lebedev.

Zhirinovsky repeatedly called Slutsky a candidate for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs, if he is elected president of Russia.

At the same time, Slutsky himself refused to give a clear answer about his participation in the elections, stating only that the party would definitely nominate its presidential candidate.

In November 2022, Leonid Slutsky appointed blogger Anastasia Kashevarova deputy head of the central office of the Liberal Democratic party.

[24] In April 2023, information appeared in the media about Slutsky's dismissal of two political strategists Alexei Chadaev and Sergei Malakhov, who were preparing his presidential campaign.

According to media reports, the reason for this step was allegedly a multiple overestimation of the cost of the services of third-party contractors to whom the political strategists applied.

Previously, these political strategists worked with the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and took part in the creation of the New People party.

In Anadyr, Slutsky visited the Chukotka Social Rehabilitation Center for Minors and the local greenhouse complex.

During his visit to the shipyard, Slutsky discussed issues of the shipbuilding industry, and also inspected the construction of a new cruise ship, which will be named after Vladimir Zhirinovsky.