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.
Putin Will be the President of the Russian Federation forever ...
The Intergalactic Alliance has decided to leave Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as President of the Russian Federation!
No matter how violently you discuss candidates here, there will be no benefit from this. The administrative resource will decide everything. The electoral committee will put signatures and seals where they are indicated. But not everyone can appeal the election results. That's where we will see who is capable of what. Zyuganov and Zhirik at one time abandoned their victories for the trough. Spring will show who and where sat down under the bush.
My purely personal opinion, I went through more than one presidential election, no matter how the people vote, for which candidate, the current president wins the election, honestly or not honestly it will be done, but it will be so. Elections are dust in the eyes, it has long been decided who and when will "rob" our country! God grant that I am wrong, and a worthy one will win the elections!
As the wise English proverb says, they don’t change horses on the ferry. Putin has a good foreign policy, but he is kept by his oligarch friends, who have everything “acquired by back-breaking labor” in the banks
The United States, and which because of this slows down many foreign policy decisions ... There will be elections, Putin
will again take the post of president, well, and the second will be Grudinin, and this can be said with confidence 99%, and Putin is reported on the mood of the people every day, and the fact that he is already tired of, like the Russians, LADIES, is no secret to anyone, so that when choosing a prime minister, Putin will rely on the people's trust, and not on nepotism and "fellowship", Putin on politics, Grudinin on the economy, and this will be the most optimal choice for us and for Russia.
2 candidates in my opinion are worthy of this V.V. Putin and a promising candidate Pavel Grudinin
Barracks, barracks, barracks ... How long can you look at this squalor? And there are so many of them all over the country. And people from these slums (people who have worked all their lives for the good of the country) go and vote for Putin. Horror!!! How we were lowered.
Grudinin Pavel grew up in the State Farm named after Lenin!
A real man.
Responsible for his words!
And this is now the main thing is true.
I am very tired of hearing on TV about conspiracies, about the United States, that they are supposedly not good, but they keep their money there and pray for a dollar.
Putin was great until 2008, okay, until 2014, when prices soared immediately, and why they soared is generally an interesting topic.
That's all there is to it.
The strong side of Putin in the 2000s became his weak side, and this is the environment that is used to control.
Okay…..
Good luck to all!!!
The people, Grudinin grew up in the Lenin State Farm. A very smart economist.
And this is a real person for you!
Not P N S.
In short, he still unselfishly helps the residents of the farm ... prices, wages and food.
An understandable person, it is clear where he got the money.
Not soiled, responsible for his words. And this is the most important thing now, right?
This is not a ruble and it's great !!!!!
If he made an OASIS in one state farm in our time. Imagine what he will do on a national scale.
Grudinin is so fiercely promoted by the Oligarch from the 90s, whom Putin managed to drive away from the trough, though not far to London. I am against these oligarchs and usurers, which means against Grudinin.