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 think only Grudinin is a worthy candidate here. Of those, of course, about whom I know at least something.
For Grudinin! Putin no longer knows what to do, nothing is working out for him. I think it won't get worse
Guys, V. Putin is my candidate for two simple reasons:
When were we friends with the Americans and the West? Under Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, have you forgotten what was going on with the country at that time? The country was collapsed on all counts. Who got us out of this shit? V.V. Putin The current negative attitude of "former friends" towards him and towards Russia is not accidental, their opinion should be trusted, only from the opposite position. This is the first thing. And secondly, I think V.V. Putin understood the current mood of the people, therefore he went to the elections as a self-nominated candidate. He turned down the services of United Russia, the most powerful party that could push anyone into the presidency. This is also worth something.
I respect Grudinin P.N. and I am ready to agree with many of his statements. But he is a candidate for some kind of leftist forces, which, to my sincere regret, have long lost their time and are only able to reproduce the next chaos, but we need this?
As well as an oligarchic society, the very bottom of the economy at the level of Africa, increased mortality, a police state, etc.
And now we are not in the dermis, but worse then that no one thinks about mere mortals. Let Putin force all his deputies to live on 7,000 rubles, and then they will immediately run away from the deputies.
Dear, in 1998 Russia was pulled out of the house by the Primakov government, and Putin, in the wake of the success of this government, has held out for the last 19 years.
Why does everyone remember Gorbachev and Yeltsin? That nobody remembers Brezhnev?
Levada cannot be trusted. Obvious to everyone!
You are a pathetic crowd standing at the throne
Freedom of genius and glory executioners
You hide under the canopy of the law
Before you is the judgment and the truth - keep quiet.
Looked at the photo. Putin is such a triumphant winner. The rest look like something pathetic, some like jesters. Their appearance is not royal.
Putin has never been a winner. In 2000, he was seated on the throne by Yeltsin, his daughter, Berezovsky and the United States, with the consent to be a US puppet and tirelessly implement the program of Zbigniew Brzezinski, who dreamed of leaving only 50 million in Russia as slaves.In 2012, Zyuganov said that Putin killed 15 million Russians during his rule. Over the past 6 years of his rule, Putin annually wets at least 2 million Russians in toilets. Over the 20 years of his reign, he didn’t build anything in toilets, but he turned the whole of Russia into ruins. Even Hitler with all of fascist Europe could not do this. Well, only "cuckoos" from the media praise Putin, due to the fact that they are afraid of losing a piece of cheese, that is, work, sycophants, all those who dream of physically destroying RUSSIA ... So the "data" about Putin's popularity is a blatant and mean lie " cuckoos ".
you are sycophant Alexander
Well, only against Putin. But the result is already known. It's sad. I will not go there is no one worthy.
Putin will win. But I will be for Grudinin, so that the authorities feel a strong awl in their ass and move no longer for themselves, but for the people. And at first it would be good to make Grudinin the governor of the Moscow region.
How will Putin win when Grudinin is everywhere? Victory will be for Grudinin! everyone knows it !!! Grudinin President for the People !!!
I support handsome
Everything says that he will not win, and he already guesses about it.
Well, until the seventh presidential candidate on the list, everything is clear, but who are the rest? Maybe I will show up. if it doesn't require a lot of money?
I thought so too.
For Grudinin! Definitely!
Joke? Come to Belarus and see what the collective farmers are doing with the country in the president's chair!