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 believe that Putin is a recognized leader and who if not he will become the president of Russia. Someone is going to vote for Navalny, someone for Sobchak, and what can they do for Russia if only to ruin it and they are not capable of more (well, of course, this is your right for whom you vote). I think that people like SOBCHAK and NAVALNY should not be in power.
Pauline, are you out of your mind ??? Keeping these thieves in power? How long can you tolerate it ??? - all around the devastation in the country ... wipe your eyes - paid medicine, education, roads, you can write memoirs about salaries and pensions ... THERE IS NO MONEY, BUT YOU STAND ON ... COMRADES, VOTE FOR BULK !!!!! AND YOU STAND POLYNOCHKA, NO MONEY;))))
The tsar is good, but the boyars are bastards, a tradition however. It is necessary to return Peter the Great or Stalin. In the meantime, everyone is stealing from the last cop to the very top and everyone is being taken out of Russia, the state will fall apart and the people will be impoverished under the wise leadership of Putin's Medvedev administration.
Under Peter, Menshikov stole so that Peter, at times, began to beat him even in public for this. But at the same time, he did not remove from office and kept it to himself.))
I don't understand who to discuss at all !? What did all the candidates do for Russia, for their city or village (where do they all live there? Nothing! So who to vote for? I at least know about Putin! So of two evils, I choose the lesser! Of course, Putin!
I'm against everyone!
Putin is the leader to fill his pockets with the king and the princes.
And the common people are becoming impoverished. He got it already.
Bulk !!!
Bulk - will heap and dump, and to rake - to whom? us!!!
I do not know among which population the Civil Society Development Foundation (FORGO) conducts research, but I am sure that the majority of the population wants to implement Maxim Suraykin's program. Enough to shove the national treasure into the personal pockets of people who do not even live in Russia, but only earn money on us and send all the money abroad.
Nationalization of the extractive industries and large enterprises, an increase in social spending and the introduction of the death penalty.
These are normal promises, not like other candidates, though these are just promises :(
Navalny is our candidate
Yes, we will all be American subjects
Russia is a beautiful country where beautiful people live. Therefore, I think it is necessary to take Viktoria Lopyreva and Oksana Fedorova as candidates, and so they walk in high heels. Then I would watch the news all day, otherwise there is nothing to see.