On March 18, 2018, presidential elections were held in Russia. Date when the head of state was elected for a six-year term.
The election campaign of the candidates started in December, the budget spent a record 17.69 billion rubles on it, it follows from the CEC resolution.
Live broadcast of the presidential elections in Russia
Due to the peculiarity of rounding the results, there may be a discrepancy in the total amount of percent ± 1%.
2018 presidential candidates
The official start of the election campaign began in December, after the publication of the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the appointment of elections on the official website.
The final list of officially registered candidates for the presidency of Russia in the 2018 elections included:
| Candidate | Political career | Campaign logo | Registration date | Rating and program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party | Deputy of the State Duma (since 1993) LDPR Chairman (since 1992) | – | December 29, 2017 | |
| Pavel Grudinin Communist Party | Deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma (1997–2011) Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the urban settlement Vidnoye (since 2017) |  | 12 january 2018 | Pavel Grudinin's 20 Steps Program Pavel Grudinin's rating |
| Vladimir Putin Self-nomination | President of Russia (2000-2008, since 2012) Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000, 2008–2012) Chairman of the United Russia party (2008–2012) FSB director (1998–1999) |  | 6 february 2018 | Election program not presented Vladimir Putin's rating |
| Grigory Yavlinsky Apple Party | Chairman of the Yabloko Party (1993–2008) Deputy of the State Duma (1993–2003) Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (2011–2016) |  | 7 February 2018 | The Road to the Future program Rating by Grigory Yavlinsky |
| Boris Titov Party of Growth | Chairman of the Party of Growth (since 2016) Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in Russia (since 2012) |  | 7 February 2018 | Growth Strategy Program Boris Titov rating |
| Sergey Baburin Russian national union | People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Deputy of the State Duma (1994–2000, 2003–2007) Chairman of the ROS party (since 2011) | – | 7 February 2018 | |
| Maxim Suraykin Communists of Russia | Chairman of the Central Committee of the party "Communists of Russia" (since 2012) | – | 8 february 2018 | The program "The first 100 days of the Stalinist communist president" Rating of Maxim Suraykin |
| Ksenia Sobchak Civil Initiative | Member of the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition (2012—2013) Member of the Political Council of the Civil Initiative Party (since 2017) |  | 8 february 2018 | 123 Difficult Steps Program Ksenia Sobchak rating |
What the newsletter looked like
At a meeting on February 8, the CEC approved the ballot for the 2018 elections, as you can see below. It includes 8 names of candidates in alphabetical order, as required by the Federal Law "On the election of the President of the Russian Federation."
Chronology of preparation and conduct of elections
Key dates in the electoral process:
- December 15, 2017 - The Federation Council has set the presidential elections in Russia for March 18, 2018
- On January 7, the acceptance of documents from self-nominated candidates ended
- On January 12, the acceptance of documents from political pariahs ended
- January 2018 - formation of polling stations
- By 18:00 on January 31, 2018 - submission of voters' signatures to the CEC (300,000 for self-nominated candidates, 100,000 for candidates from parties),
- Until February 10 - publication of the final list of candidates for the presidency of Russia in 2018, officially registered by the CEC.
- February 2018 - formation of precinct election commissions, publication of the election program, its submission to the CEC
- 19.02 - 17.03 - election campaigning in print media, radio and television
- Until March 17 - the right to refuse to participate in elections, to publish the results of polls and forecasts of voting results
- March 17, 2018 - "Day of Silence", a ban on any kind of campaigning
- March 18, 2018 - election date, voting day
- Until April 1, 2018 - publication of the results.
- April 8, 2018 - second round (if necessary).
Election results, who won
Composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC)
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation is a federal state body formed in accordance with electoral legislation, organizing elections and referendums in the Russian Federation, independent of other government bodies within its competence.
The seventh composition of the election commission will operate from 2016 to 2021. It has 15 permanent members.
I don't see a more worthy candidate than Pavel Grudinin. All other candidates, including Putin, are worthless. Nikolay.
Only Grudinin is worthy, this is a person who really hurts for Russia
Of all the named candidates in terms of a complex of human qualities: willpower, memory, dedication, the ability to find the right decisions, working capacity, P. Grudinin and E. Gordon (Prokofieva) are closest to real world leaders such as Lenin, Stalin, Indira Gandhi, Kosygin. And the first is closer to Lenin, and the second - to Stalin, they even have the same type of thinking and indifference to money. So, under a normal Constitution, and not tied with the world under “Tsar Boris,” the strongest contenders would make an excellent pair of Grudinin - the president, who is responsible for foreign and economic policy, and Ekaterina, the vice president, is responsible for social affairs. In general, FOUR vice-presidents should be registered in the future Constitution, where the candidates in the TEAM should be the best specialists in the most important areas, and not all kinds of mudko-Medvedevs.
Today, apart from Putin, I do not see any worthy people, but I agree that he also has some flaws, but he is the only President in the world who has a WEIGHT among the adversaries, only his words spoken at the UN General Assembly in New York ... “You now at least understand what have you done. "
If someone else comes to power, the Maidan will break out in the country.
I will vote for Grudinin
Dear Russians! For the re-equipment of polling stations for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, 18 billion rubles of our money have been allocated from the budget, not counting the costs of the elections itself. Given the plight of our people, I have a proposal. Since we all know that Vladimir Vladimirovich will definitely become the "next" President, it is in the interests of voters to leave him for another term and divide 18 billion between voters. That's 160,000 rubles for each of the 112 million voters.
160 rubles each. Santa Claus, give Fato a calculator.
18,000,000,000: 112,000,000 = 160.71 (160 rubles 71 kopecks)
Dear friend! You learn and learn as the Great Lenin bequeathed.
160 rubles each.Your calculator doesn't count well.
Please add the term “politeness” to the voting list on the topic “Among the qualities of Putin, voters especially like:”.
Only Grudinin !!!
Of the entire list of candidates, there is only one person of action, this is Pavel Grudinin. All the rest, including the current President Putin, are PR people, balabolians and liars.
I am for Pavel Grudinin!