It is reported that candidates from all political parties in Russia and their self-presenters can start the formal nomination procedure at the party congress or nomination group meeting, and submit the necessary documents to the Central Election Commission on June 5438+February 18.
65438+February 18, the Central Election Commission will approve the upcoming campaign plan. According to IRA Pamfilova, the chairman of the committee, 23 people have expressed their willingness to stand for election, including current President Putin. Putin announced his participation in the 20 18 presidential election earlier this month. 14, he said that he would run as a self-recommended candidate.
The report also said that from 12 to 18, the budget funds for organizing and implementing the March 18 presidential election will be allocated to the Central Election Commission. The planned expenditure for the preparation and implementation of the 20 18 election campaign is1480.7 billion rubles (about1600 million yuan).
Earlier, Pamfilova said on 16 that although 23 people expressed their willingness to stand for election, it did not mean that all of them would be registered with the Central Election Commission. At the same time, she believes that there may be more people running for election in the future.
"Now the conditions are much easier than before, because the number of signatures collected is obviously reduced, not 1 10,000 or 2 million, and the total * * * is 1 10,000,300,000. So it can be seen that there will be more people who want to stand for election. " Pamfilova said.
Sputnik news agency & radio previously reported that Russian presidential candidates can be nominated by their political parties or run by themselves. Political parties nominate candidates at party congresses, and those who nominate themselves need to convene an initiative group of at least 500 people. According to the regulations, candidates nominated by themselves must collect the signatures of more than 300,000 voters. Political parties must collect no less than 654.38 million signatures supporting their candidates. Political parties with their own political caucus in the Duma will be exempted from collecting signatures.
In addition to Putin, TV hostess Ksenia Sobchak also plans to run for president. In addition, the Russian Production Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Growth Party, the Yabolu Party and the Women's Dialogue Party all intend to nominate their own candidates. Some candidates are going to take part in the election as self-recommended candidates.
However, Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov pointed out on June 38+03 that the Kremlin has not seen Putin's real competitors, although there are "many qualified people".