Mikhail KhodorkovskyDmitry GudkovYulia GalyaminaMikhail LobanovArseny VesninSergey GurievAnastasia ShevchenkoVladimir MilovLeonid GozmanAbbas Gallyamov [ru]Vladimir PastukhovStanislav BelkovskyOlga RomanovaAlexander Morozov [ru]Alexey VenediktovTikhon DzyadkoEkaterina KotrikadzeIlya Shablinsky [uk]Dmitry OreshkinIlya ShepelinDmitry KolezevLyubov SobolEkaterina SchulmannYekaterina DuntsovaMarat GelmanMitya Aleshkovsky [ru]Viktor ShenderovichEvgeny KiselyovVladimir Kara-MurzaLev PonomarevMaxim Katz Vladimir Putin "Noon Against Putin" (Russian: Полдень против Путина, romanized: Polden protiv Putina) was a peaceful protest on 17 March of the 2024 Russian presidential election, where voters who do not support Vladimir Putin came en masse to polling stations at noon and vote against Putin or spoil the ballot.

[6][7] The action was also supported by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Dmitry Gudkov, Yulia Galyamina, Mikhail Lobanov, Arseny Vesnin, Sergey Guriev, Anastasia Shevchenko, Vladimir Milov, Leonid Gozman, Abbas Gallyamov, Vladimir Pastukhov, Stanislav Belkovsky, Olga Romanova, Alexander Morozov, Alexey Venediktov, Tikhon Dzyadko, Ekaterina Kotrikadze, Ilya Shablinsky, Dmitry Oreshkin, Ilya Shepelin, Dmitry Kolezev, Lyubov Sobol, Ekaterina Shulman, Ekaterina Duntsova, Marat Gelman, Mitya Aleshkovsky, Viktor Shenderovich, Evgeny Kiselyov, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Lev Ponomarev and other public figures.

[8][11] Alexei Navalny also spoke about safety for those participating, since at this time the turnout is already high and there are a lot of voters, "and it is simply impossible to single out those who vote 'against'".

[12] Political scientist Abbas Gallyamov on 1 February 2024, agreeing that this is a performance, but, in his opinion, with a sufficient number of participants, "the Russian security forces and bureaucrats, the West, and Ukraine will see that Putin is not as legitimate as everyone thought".

Among other things, the manifesto calls for making the "Noon against Putin" action truly mass-scale: "Only mass participation gives a chance to influence the situation.

"The task of the opposition in these weeks is to be with the Russians, to offer them relatively safe options for action, to maximize their voice, to agitate the doubters", the manifesto says.

[2] On 3 March, Kirill Martynov, in an interview with Idel.Realii (a news outlet associated with Radio Liberty), noted that he considered the action good and believed that it was necessary to participate in it.

[19] On 3 March 2024, the authorities of several Russian cities decided to hold Maslenitsa festivities at the same time as the "Noon against Putin" protest.

[21] On 27 February 2024, Latvian Minister of Justice Inese Lībiņa-Egnere expressed her opinion that Russians living in Latvia planning to attend the election "essentially support" Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[23] On 14 March 2024, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office released a press statement, stating that it considered organizing and/or participating in "mass events" involving "simultaneous arrival at polling stations" illegal, in a veiled reference to the campaign.