Editor's Note: The Weekly Rundown will return on Jan. 8, 2022. What We're Tracking Potential Libyan elections. Presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for Dec. 24 in Libya, but it remains unclear whether the polls will be held amid security and political challenges. Although there is a list of nearly a hundred presidential candidates, the country’s electoral commission has yet to authorize the list, preventing the candidates from campaigning. Meanwhile, militia groups that oppose the U.N.-backed election process have threatened violence if elections are held on time. If the vote is postponed, the elections will likely be held sometime in 2022. But it remains uncertain whether the ballot will help heal the country’s numerous political fissures or merely aggravate them. Putin's annual end-of-year press conference.