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 electoral 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 the elections, 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.
It's time for Putin to retire! As long as our thieves will pour money into the West, and this is done by the very ones to whom we gave power, I will never believe that they love Russia - they will deeply side with the people. And we collect money from our beggarly salaries for the treatment of children, the authorities for what? How is it necessary not to love your people? I will never believe that the president does not see this, you can’t — you don’t want to, you’re afraid of your aligarhs — go away!
God took pity on us and sent Grudinin - true words!
Grudini don't be cowards like Zyuganov please win 100 percent like Zyuganov then but he ran away from victory
But can Grudinin be a good politician and not just a business executive?
I am a pensioner When I retired, we introduced a coefficient for calculating a pension. My salary was 2.8%, but I got 1.2% - they say the ceiling is no longer allowed, why is not clear. For the fact that I was the wife of an officer and was running with my husband all over the Soviet Union (the islands of the Barents Sea) we lived without vegetables, fruits (all dried milk, potatoes, carrots), they added 6 rubles 09 kopecks to me. Experience of about 40 years, pension 17,000 thousand. For 2 children, supplements are also not allowed (too large a pension). They played a golden wedding with my husband and gave 10 thousand rubles. How much it turns out per year, God calculate. I always went to the elections and always voted for Zyuganov, Putin, and now only for Grudinin. Yes, he is not a politician, but he is an economic executive, which is lacking in our country. To remove Medvedev and his team, wherever possible, to recruit such as Grudinin, Golikov and the like, maybe the country would have changed. Putin - the character of Stalin - then there would be no Vasilievs and others like her, and we would not receive a pension with which it is a shame to go to the store. If it is hard for Grudinin, Putin will always be there or vice versa. Good luck everyone.
A lot of people gathered to vote for Grudinin.
Grudinin, judging by the interview, will be even smarter than Putin. It is a pity that it is hardly shown on TV. In our country, people vote for those who are more often seen on TV, and not for those who are better. Pensioners, especially rural ones, do not know anyone else except Putin, they do not understand politics. Therefore, Grudinin will have few chances to bypass Putin.That is, if Grudinin were mentioned on TV in a positive light as often as Putin, then he would not just become a competitor, but most likely would have won the election, because, unlike Putin, he is a much more thoughtful and sane person. not divorced from reality.
Putin is tired of showing off. As he himself was not tired of the hypocrisy of his entourage. I will say nothing if he makes salaries to the ministers = the size of the pension, and nationalizes the rest of the income. 2 months left. Putin hurry up to win my vote.
V.V. Putin has not yet finished many of the good deeds he has begun. It is unlikely that someone will do it for him. New people want to do new things, which will not be assessed very soon.
Voter, consistent extermination of the world's best education, medicine, industries, and in particular astronautics, humiliation of the country by the policy of inability to negotiate, the permissiveness of officials and corrupt officials, total impoverishment of the population, unprecedented inflation of the number of law enforcement agencies to protect the existing government from the people, etc. is this “many of the good deeds he started” ?. Choose Putin and he will finish (though, how much further) these "good deeds" to your applause, or maybe you will think about your children ???
You are probably going to live like a crocodile for 300 years. to wait for the end of some good deeds from Putin.
I will also go to vote for Grudinin !!!!