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.
Friends. Our richest country so far ... (the richest at the expense of people) has torn pants ... ruled by primitives and crush and humiliate the greatest wealth of People. Smart, stupid, strong or sick, but with a big open heart, they hound and spread rot at every step, people humiliated, deprived of friends, hopes and common sense. That's what I see around me with pain. This is becoming the norm. You don't have to be a genius to see all the farce of our clowns ... these are not presidents and premieres, these are circusaks.
I support
I also support
There is no doubt that Putin is the leader, he has always voted for him. But judging by what is going on with domestic politics, the people are in debt for extortion in complete kuak. Most likely I'll give my vote to someone else, although it's a pity.
Country get up !!!! Thieves with duck houses will not pass !!!!
Elections, elections - candidates pi… .y. Do we have democratic legitimate elections? Do not tell your brain, it is already tired of being deceived.
The monarchist party of Russia will not pass unambiguously, the manipulation of the feminine gender is like not mature material, even a promoted personality. Putin has really shown in practice that he has warmed up economic international crime, has legalized it, Medvedev is shielding it, which does not give him authority because in collusion and "by the West", is playing a double game, the people do not take into account, they are ready for special acts, for the sake of their political ambitions, the slogan of the people of the VOR is true. Zyuganov, Zhirinovsky, Yavlinsky, Mironov - they also did not understand what changes had taken place on the earth, their "drivers" were hopelessly outdated, as proof of the election program and loyalty to the government as an opposition (not for the people).
Consider the people of candidates from the point of view of the spiritual and moral key and attention to the people. This is Navalny or Polonsky or Bazhutin. Think, analyze. We need a national question, a powerful concept of public security (army), closing borders from the leakage of money and raw materials (corruption), revising the subordination of the Central Bank to the president and the State Duma. Reconsider the government's jurisdiction in Russia. We need a clear tax scale on income (especially from raw materials), i.e. state control is extremely severe. We need the death penalty to fulfill all these blocks of development of society and the future of the country. We need a clear family policy and the provision of children (single mothers) by the state from raw material income - enough to provide foreign children, have our own.It is necessary to completely exempt small businesses from all taxes with an income of less than 6 million rubles per year. Conduct a total inventory (check of all non-residents of the country) with offshore companies and dual citizenship.
Well said
I read the comments and am very surprised at the people who support Putin. So everything suits them in life? For my work, I travel a lot around the country in my car, often travel to other countries, communicate with ordinary people. And I see with my own eyes what is happening in the country! We are degrading !!! In Russia, people, more or less somehow, live only in megalopolises, the rest of them not only survive, I would say - they are dying out! Even the Baltics looks better than Russia! Not to mention the developed countries of Europe. Although people in developed countries have tightened their belts, there is no poverty there! And education there is much higher than ours today. We are rapidly sliding into the abyss! It's time to change something!
A quarter of the population of the European Union lives in poverty - almost 120 million people. The US Federal Reserve said last year that 76 million Americans (slightly more than half of Russia's population) are barely making ends meet or are living in poverty altogether. And how many more people are in debt? How close are you to becoming poor and losing everything? You google how people live in Europe and the USA, and not look at pretty pictures.
If you write: “the beggar in the United States is the middle class in Russia,” then I advise you to see at least how much food in these countries costs. Even a stupid loaf of bread in Russia in terms of dollars costs about 50 cents, and in the USA it will cost 2.5 dollars, i.e. five times more.
Hello from Estonia, by the way. The Baltics looks better with him, heh ... :) It looks, maybe better, but life here is not better than yours.
For Navalny)
We will serve the United States, like Navalny, by the way, his term is not over yet
The whole world is talking about Putin! In foreign policy, he is a leader. Only about Russia he has the least headache. Read how many requests for help are on the Internet. Many people have lost hope for the best.
People! Who can tell what Russian people look like? We in Russia have lost the habit of Russian types. Take a look at the candidates.
My opinion.
There is an unspoken agreement between the oligarchs and the president.
You are only engaged in foreign policy and do not prevent us from plundering the country.
You will be president for as many terms as we want.
You can occasionally shake your finger from the TV, even arrest some of us, but without serious consequences, and we will pretend that we are very afraid of you.
To show that we love Russia, we will occasionally give handouts in the form of a couple of Faberge trinkets, some chapel and other nonsense.
If you do anything wrong, then I'm sorry, friend ...
We have enough strength to do a lot of very bad things for Russia.
I completely agree.
Speak everything right. Agree. I do not see a single worthy candidate on this list.