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.
The closer we get to the elections, the more truth we will be told about Grudinin, so get ready to be disappointed!
Not! Volodka cannot be thrown off. Let him continue to steer, but it would be more correct to give him direction to domestic politics. Let him take care of the people: the poor and the rich. Shrink the little rich, cut their salaries in half and give them to the poor. The salaries of ministers and deputies are too high. Let them share with the poor.
In response to Anonymous: Putin has long sold Russia to the Americans, what are you talking about ... We vote for Grudinin.
Grudinin has the highest rating. Sale press!
I'm definitely not for Putin, my child was born at 17, he is now only 3 months old, and we don't have any support, we weren't born at 18, we don't need help. With a salary for three of 20 tons rubles.
Putin should have crawled into your bed and said that you can't make a child now ??? !!! Well, yes, there is no brain.
ONLY FOR PUTIN !!!!!! HOMELAND! FREEDOM! PUTIN! And Grudinin is a land oligarch - AMERICAN PROJECT, like Poroshenko in Ukraine !!! People!!! DO YOU FINALLY WANT TO GIVE YOUR HOMELAND, HOW Gorbachev surrendered the USSR to the Americans ????? Only in the Chapter with V.V. With Putin we will be able to defend the SOVEREIGNTY of our Motherland !!!!!! We choose Vladimir Putin, hold a referendum to amend the 1993 Constitution, which the Americans wrote to us, and we, without reading or understanding, took Yeltsin on faith. Here we are, a colony of america. And they wrote the Constitution so cunningly that only the people can initiate a referendum to amend it. PEOPLE, figure it out !!! VOTE FOR PUTIN! WE HAVE A REFERENDUM on the Constitution, and we will have decent salaries and pensions !!! GOD for Putin !!! HOMELAND! FREEDOM! PUTIN !!!
President only Grudinin. Putin is a protege of a narrow group of people, he does not care about the people.
Grudinin is our president - all of Russia supports him and elects him! Friends tell those who do not know about him yet, we go to the elections as observers! Let's not let crooks steal our victory!
Only a traitor with two convolutions will vote for Grudinin - an amateur in domestic and foreign policy! There is only one step left before the liberation of Russia from a quarter-century of colonial dependence on the United States! Turn on your brains, people !!!
Only Putin can save Russia from all Americans! Grudinin should be in Medvedev's place, that's fair!
Putin is a fine fellow as an external politician, inside the country it is only worse.Only the military and the police are growing, well, the rest of the PEOPLE must be kept in check by someone. Situation — I myself live in the region where there are three hydroelectric power plants, but I cannot connect the gardening plot, due to the fact that MRSK and ROSSETI feel like God and are doing what they want to bypass the laws of court decisions — IS THIS NORMAL? SO GREAT IS MY CHOICE
Let's throw off Volodka, and there it will be seen