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.
American technology of interference in the election of the Russian president.
It is very simple and most importantly effective. The goal is to sow fear in the minds and souls of the Russian man in the street, to convince him of the reality of the war, the current president is to blame. The technology is very cheap, because. used mainly by Russian media. We are constantly (annoyingly) shown on TV an armada of American tanks, ships, soldiers in Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, etc. Popular TV presenters; A. Sheinin, R. Babayan, Norkin (for most Russians, respected and beloved) compete with each other at the invitation of our enemies, zombie Russophobes, who in our audiences are allowed to slander, lie, pour out their hatred on Russia, call its citizens slaves, boors, subhumans. And all this before the elections - isn't it visible? Elderly people, remembering the horrors of war and accustomed to believing in the media, are easily overwhelmed, since they mainly live in the future of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren and spiritually weakened ones, and if not taken protective measures, the election results (despite the optimistic forecasts) could be disastrous for Russia.
Do you know where you were before? maybe patience people have such a concept, for the time being we are tolerant as with the Mongols) here the man came out
All your comments are great! Did you even think when you wrote ?! You are the people who are waiting for a choice, and then adaptation ... Good Grudinin! Good Putin! But not the rest ... What have YOU done for your COUNTRY ?! Think people !!! Think !!!
We treat children by SMS! We are dying in Syria and we are dying in Chechnya! We help orphanages!
Dear people, vote for Grudinin and the people will be more just and kind.
It is necessary to change the Constitution for elections, not 2 consecutive terms, but just 2 terms, remove the word in a row and everything will fall into place. In 2 terms it will be clear how a person treats his people, his country. And then 18 years (4 terms) of ridicule over the country will be forgiven. and people. They are not afraid of anything, they laugh and spit in our face. Enough, it's time to change, although it should have been done earlier. We must entrust the country to Grudinin for 2 terms, there are no more worthy candidates from the existing ones. The rest are all the minions of today's government.
Straight at once for two, the first term will show whether the second is needed.And not for 6 years, but for 4 years, it takes time to move there with promises.
Sobchak is in the lead with horror. Female solidarity.
It seems to me that Ksenia Sobchak is a smart woman. She has all the inclinations of her father, an outstanding speaker of the 90s. Now she is sensibly gaining political experience. And in the future, it may well compete with our inevitably aged Mohicans. By that time, I am sure they will finally develop their positive image. I think her current flirtation with the West is a well-thought-out political move.
It is a common mistake, gentlemen, that the President is considered the generator of power.
In fact, power is generated by those whom none of us sees or knows ..
And the President is a nominee of this murky conglomerate.
Our current esteemed President is already hinting: I'm tired, I even got sick!
And to him: No! Stay boy with us, you will be our king!
Therefore, everyone should go to the elections and escort the President to an honestly deserved rest
Nda .. There are a large number of those for whom the current order of things is beneficial, who use the people of the country - as plankton ..
Grudinin is a worthy candidate!
ef ... you ... admins ... stop removing the minus for the narcissist grudinin ... did the Communist Party pay you a lot — sheep? It's disgusting to read laudatory odes for this strawberry king ... ugh ...
Emotions are useless. The reality is that for two decades now, Russian natural resources have been mercilessly plundered. Forest, fish, oil ... have become open sources of enrichment for a narrow category of citizens. And in the Russian budget there is no money for the most basic things for normal pensions, science, free education…. We have such expensive transport, expensive fuel, planes, helicopters, rockets are constantly falling in the sky all the time? And the power is limited by some ridiculous explanations. Probably criticism of the incumbent president is quite appropriate.
... God ... how many idiots live in Russia! With such a people as now, they would never have won the Great Patriotic War ... would have betrayed for a cookie ... Only Vladimir Putin, and not this strawberry daffodil ...
Of course, all idiots 1. Industry in collapse 2. Pensions below the subsistence level 3. Drunkenness is thriving parasitism 3. Drugs are sold in schools 4 Agriculture has collapsed altogether, etc. Paid medicine and education. Olympics under the white flag. And no one will bring any responsibility for this chaos. Constant levies in the form of taxes.
On the first and on the second.
Hooray, Ukrainians come first
for theft throughout Europe
We now have a second, flattering
That we are not in the anus, but in the ass!
We were bypassed at the turn
With the creak of Poroshenko
Thanks to our Volodya
But take a good look.
Seventeen years old Great Vova
He fights against corruption clearly
But it's not a word
But it still sounds nice!
Wherever you stick, they steal everywhere
Glanas and Skolkovo forgotten
Vasilyeva is being kissed in the m-nda
No lawsuits, cases closed!
In our country, the law is like a tongue
For a thousand they are imprisoned
And it came out of the budget to grab
They envy and respect !!!