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 did not build anything special - high oil prices did everything for him ... But he bred the oligarchs many times more than under Yeltsin. Moreover, in recent years, officials have become much more active in stealing the budget, more impudent and in mind-blowing volumes - probably expecting an imminent collapse of the regime - and, most importantly, it is not punishable. People's "budget" money is flowing into offshores in endless streams ... Under the conditions of "sanctions" and the flaring cold war, the "stabilization fund" is kept outside of Russia, which will predictably lead to a "freeze" on the orders of the United States. At the same time, the liberal government squeezes "the last juice" out of citizens and small businesses in spite of the fact that it drives them into the "shadow sector of the economy" ...
I WANT PUTIN TO WIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only for Trump
A cool mix will be Putin Prime Minister and New President or vice versa.
He will transplant everyone
The most important thing is to demolish the tower to the existing formation. If you vote for Putin, you will completely forget about normal life and freedom. Turn on your brains, country!
P.S. You can argue for a long time and stubbornly, but look at the elementary things: 80% of the population is in unbearable loans (you will say you are to blame. I will answer that it is so beneficial to the existing regime, guess why), an alien religion is being implanted (I mean Indians from the South and North Caucasian FDs) etc. etc. Wake up country!
Only Vladimir Putin will not be his candidacy, I will not vote!
Only V.V. Putin, I see no other alternative. But will he pay attention to the regions where the people have become impoverished? Pensions are 8500, and taxes on land have been raised tenfold in 17 years.
The punishment of people who rob the country and their people should be serious, and not end with house arrests in comfortable conditions.
We need to take care of the welfare of ordinary people, the oligarchs only exploit us. Our children in the regions have no future. "Everything is fine" only on paper, in reports, as in Soviet times.
Then why “only Vladimir Putin”? Everything that you have listed above happened and is happening under Putin! It is with him that the rich continue to steal and wipe their feet on the people! But Zyuganov, and Suraykin, and Mironov propose specific programs for lifting the country out of poverty and nationalizing the subsoil and other natural resources of the country, which are now used only by a certain circle of people! So why don't you see an alternative?
What is happening in the country is not permissible. The local authorities are getting too hungry. It is necessary to fight corruption, including executions. Another thing is that solid clowns are allowed to take part in the elections.Of course, Navalny and Sobchak are not candidates, but! Unrest is growing strongly, I am afraid that the country may eventually come to political upheavals.
Only Putin
For Volodin!