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 is completely free from domestic politics and economics, entrusting everything to Medvedev's neoliberal government. Liberal ministers and the leadership of the Central Bank do not care about the people, for them the interests of the IMF and the offshore oligarchy are more important. The victory of Putin, Yavlinsky, Titov means the continuation of the cannibalistic Gaidar reforms, destructive for Russia and its people. Sobchak will turn Russia into "Dom-2". Grudinin is a rich kulak who bought up land shares of collective farmers for a pittance; he is distinguished from Abramovich and Vekselberg only by the size of his fortune. Personally, I will vote for Sergei Baburin, an honest man and a true Russian patriot. His program calls for reforms in the interests of the people, not a handful of offshore oligarchs.
Andrey, I agree with your opinion. But understand, now the main thing is to overthrow the current regime, which is leading our country into the abyss and disappearing from the face of the Earth, which is what the current government and all the pseudo-deputy pseudo-Duma controlled by it are doing.
Kokoy Grudinin, what are you talking about. Is it quite that everyone was crazy about it, or are not citizens of the Russian Federation writing here? Think carefully before throwing words like this. Only thanks to V.V. Putin are we still alive, and not at war
Better war than living like a prostitute
That's right, Catherine! Only Uncle Vova will save the country! Only he alone will raise her from her knees and will not allow hostile imperialism to unleash a war here. Glory to Uncle Vova and his friend Uncle Dima! And the rest of his friends, too, glory and many thanks that we are still alive!
And an empty budget, a miserable salary of most of the country's population, ridicule and attacks from the whole world, a ruined economy, industry, agriculture, constantly increasing prices, tariffs, fines and taxes - it's all Obama's fault! Honest pioneer! This is all the State Department and the entire Pindostana.
And Uncle Vova, yes, drags the country on his shoulders, like a galley slave. We vote only for him!
Under Putin, we still exist, that would be more accurate. And we want to live, not exist. Therefore, for Grudinin.
Keep your smart thoughts to yourself.
I am a citizen of the Russian Federation! And I am for Grudinin! Got enough for 18 years of one chat.
VTsIOM and Levada are from Putin.
At least you spoil the ballot, although this will not affect the result.
I will vote for K. Sobchak.
Why not open an internet poll? afraid to find out the truth ...
For this, we launched our voting on the pages https://itop.techinfus.com/en/
I respect Vladimir Putin as a person and an educated and intelligent politician. And as the head of state, let's not offend him, but I have always voted and will vote against him as Boris Yeltsin's successor ... ... Zyuganov, Zyuganov, Zyuganov ... ... now for Pavel Grudinin. The ideas of the Communist Party are clear, a historian by education himself lived under the USSR! He participated in elections many times as a voter, as an electoral member and as an observer. In 2012, after the chaos, he supported the march of dissent in Kazan, he was on Freedom Square, cordoned off by a zonder by a team of policemen. They were smart enough not to disperse us))) and not to provoke us.) The elections with authority I declare will not be fair, they will not be fair! And V. Putin will win. We vote for Grudinin.
We know and respect Vladimir Putin for his foreign policy. With the victory of Grudinin, P.N., if not better, then it certainly will not be worse. The race is pre-election, and, of course, they are trying to blacken the main rivals. Well, why don't we think with our heads? Will Russia still have a chance of a bloodless change of course through elections?
VTsIOM where is YOUR poll site?
Make the site in real time so that the rating can be seen (make at least the visibility of a real survey), and not as it is now.
VTsIOM conducts a poll by ringing up different subscribers to choose from, asking a bunch of questions, only on paper the result is put such as is beneficial to the Kremlin. Go to the official VTsIOM website and read their survey method. In my opinion, VTsIOM trusts only IDIOT. Why doesn't our state create polls and petitions on the website of the state service? The answer is obvious, because it is not profitable for him?
Vtsom only in Gosdur conducts polls!
The US State Department will not allow to overthrow Mr. Poo, why, and so everything is going well to destroy Russia. It is already clear why Yeltsin put it forward so persistently.
VTsIOM is a completely controlled office of the GDP! You have to look at their rating on the contrary, then everything converges!
The owner should be in power and not a thief only then everyone will live normally.
And who is Grudinin, if he started with a lie.