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.
Whoever is, for us people, none of them will do anything. So we will prozibat, survive. God bless him. If only there was no war. In general, I will not go anywhere, and I have not gone for a long time. Only in school years in the 60s were they still on duty as a pioneer. As they say, we stood at the ballot box with bulletins and gave the Pioneer salute.
Let's remember how Putin was pulled out of oblivion, prepared, then chased by a run through a number of key positions so that he had a little look around. But on what conditions was he promoted to power and then supported all the time? Yes, on understandable terms - on terms of capitulation. And therefore, the Central Bank, the government and the entire oligarchic model of our economy are all under control and inscribed in the system of the global oligarchy. Russia is ruled by a branch of the world oligarchy; it is far from independent, but embedded in the world transnational capital.
Oh, how, yes, there is censorship.
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Who is dissatisfied with the communists? A story from life: I am now retired, after graduation as a young specialist I was assigned to a construction organization. After nine years of work in one place, I and four other employees were summoned by the new communist director and offered to write a statement on their own (to accept their own). All were stubborn. Then they deprived of the bonus and under the threat of dismissal under the article, everyone quit. All together wrote a complaint to the district party committee. ALREADY AFTER A MONTH, EVERYONE PAYED THE BONUS and sent letters with a request to come to work to recover and attached a copy of the order on punishing the director !!!!! That was caring for people. And now, only perhaps, you will also be driven down. I vote only for GRUDININA !!!! And I advise everyone. If we do not have time (after all, after a complete collapse, it will not work out quickly), then at least our children and grandchildren will live well. LET'S GIVE THEM A CHANCE !!!!!
The longer one and the same person is in power, the worse the economy becomes, an example of L.I.Brezhnev.
There should be a turnover of power and no need to cry. I think today a worthy candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation is Grudinin. The old government is afraid of him, because they are afraid of losing the communism built for themselves. Putin V.V. thanks.
All * friends are thieves! Tell me who is your friend ...
Putin promises to re-promise promises made in past election campaigns. He is already confident that he will be in power. Prices have gone up and up. Utilities will rise again. Pensioners were promised a rise in pensions by 4%, and deputies by 35 and 40%. How many enterprises collapsed during the years of government? And how many dollar billionaires have appeared. Who has all the accounts of course abroad. And all this is Dear friends of Putin. How long are you ready to stand cancer?
Decency and honor, intelligence and nobility in the eyes of Pavel Grudinin! Faith, Good, Love comes from him! He does not rush by Faith to the LORD! He hid her in the corner of his heart! He has something to say at the Last Judgment! for GRUDININA!
Everyone has their own opinion, and by the way, a competent ruler hears and respects him !!!! There is only one such president in the whole world - an experienced manager, an athlete and just a man of his word, the real Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin !!!!!!
And what has he been doing with his entire team for 20 years? *
I confess that I do not have extreme points of view: - only this or only this. The upcoming elections, apart from melancholy and disgust, caused nothing. The main thought in this regard: - if Putin has become a patriot, then because of his team he will still not be able to change anything. Obligations to oligarchs, bureaucratic friends, etc. will not allow even half a step closer to the welfare state. The impression from Grudinin is a patriotic team. I like Y. Boldyrev very much. But if they conduct the election campaign in such a childish way, they will lose all voters in whom hope has been breathed in. Dear comrade Grudinin, you have entered the wolf's den! If you do not "grin" and at least show your teeth, jackals will gnaw. In any case, I will vote for Grudinin.
Natalia's debts at the moment we again have as much as there was Wikipedia, to help you, propagandists simply do not talk about it on TV: Kiselev, Solovyov and others, by the way, who have luxury real estate in the USA and often rest there. you can see more than one candidate other than Putin, and so you can list endlessly
Your idea is poorly understood. Write again, only literally, without grammatical childish mistakes! What's the trick on TV? Who is, or who is Natalya Dolgov? As much as Wikipedia to you? Good luck in Russian, Denis!
Only for Grudinin. It's time to raise agriculture! Give the peasant a job on the land. Thanks to Putin for pulling the country out of the hole. And the continuation of the country's development should be supported by agriculture and the reforms in industry should be continued. Continue the fight against corruption. Build up Russia's military might.