Presidential campaign officially launched in Russia
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From today (December 18) in the Russian Federation officially launched the presidential election campaign. The relevant decree of the upper chamber of the parliament of the country was published in "Russian newspaper". The signature on the document was put by the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko last Friday 15 December.
Official stuff:
In accordance with Article 81, paragraph "d" of part 1 of Article 102 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, paragraphs 2 and 7 of Article 5 of the Federal Law "On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation", the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation decides: 1. To appoint the election of the President of the Russian Federation on March 18 2018. 2. This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its official publication. Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation V. Matvienko Moscow 15 декабря 2017 года N 528-SF
Recall that earlier his participation in the next presidential race was confirmed by the current president, Vladimir Putin. Press Secretary of the Head of State Dmitry Peskov some time after that noted that Vladimir Putin has no serious political competitors at this stage.
They are going to nominate candidates for the elections: Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky, TV host Ksenia Sobchak, business ombudsman Boris Titov and a number of other political, near-political and non-political figures. The rating of Zhirinovsky and Zyuganov at this stage ranges from 6 to 9% (according to different versions of opinion polls). The political rating Sobchak does not exceed 2%.
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