The Moscow elections are one of the biggest political events. The elections of the mayor of Moscow, the largest city in the post-Soviet space, held in September 2013, have already had and will undoubtedly still have a tremendous impact on the economic and social processes in Russia.
Instructions
Step 1
On May 5, 2013, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, appointed by President Dmitry Medvedev, resigned, stating that "the elected mayor will act more efficiently than the appointed one." The current president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, offered Sobyanin to temporarily act as mayor of the capital until the elections scheduled for the fall (i.e. to hold the post of interim mayor of Moscow).
Step 2
In the summer, during the vacation period, those who wished had to apply for the right to be a candidate for the post of mayor and collect signatures. The so-called overcoming the municipal barrier, you need to collect at least 6% of the signatures of all members of the Moscow City Duma to participate in elections or voters (at least 1%, about 120,000 signatures).
Step 3
A total of 41 applications were registered. The only self-nominated candidate who passed the registration procedure was Sergei Sobyanin. Representatives of the systemic opposition (members of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, "Fair Russia" and "Yabloko"), as well as a representative of the non-systemic opposition Alexei Navalny prepared to participate in the election race.
Step 4
According to preliminary polls, 4 main candidates stood out: Sobyanin, Navalny, Communist Party representative Ivan Melnikov and Yabloko party nominee Sergei Mitrokhin.
Step 5
The campaign of the candidates was bright, and the confrontations were sharp. Television, radio, print, and the Internet were replete with campaigning in support of politicians. Sobyanin refused to participate in televised debates (referring to being busy). The TV show by Alexei Navalny and Sergei Mitrokhin, former party members, was especially poignant.
Step 6
In the elections themselves, Sergei Sobyanin won a landslide victory with 51, 37%. Lagging behind Alexei Navalny (27%) said that the extra 1.5 percent, which deprived Muscovites of the second round (held if one of the candidates has less than half of the total number of votes), were recruited with the help of an administrative resource. Subsequently, at the trial, this information was not confirmed.
Step 7
Sergei Sobyanin took office as mayor of Moscow on October 27, 2013. The inauguration was attended by Vladimir Putin and the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.
