On March 18, 2018, Russians will vote in the presidential elections. According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the head of state will be elected for a six-year term.
Officially, 36 candidates were nominated to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, and the final list of candidates, which consists of 8 people, became known on February 8, 2018.
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Sergey Baburin. A nominee from the party "Russian National Union", is its leader. 59 years old, has a law degree. In the political arena, he opposed Yeltsin's policies and was in opposition. Repeatedly served as a deputy of the State Duma.
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Pavel Grudinin, a nominee from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. 57 years old. He is widely known for the fact that his activities are related to agriculture. He went from a worker to the director of the Lenin State Farm, which exists and flourishes today. As a politician, he served as a deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma. At the moment, he is non-partisan, since he is not officially a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, although he was previously a member of the United Russia party, from which he left in 2010.
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Vladimir Putin. Self-nominated candidate. The current president of Russia, holds this post 3 times, was also the chairman of the government. 65 years old, has a law degree, and also worked in the KGB counterintelligence. At various times he was director of the FSB of Russia, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, chairman of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, chairman of the United Russia party.
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Nominee from the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the founder and leader of this party. 71 years old, has a legal and philological education. Since 1993 he has been a member of the lower house of the Russian parliament. The nomination for the presidency of Russia will be his sixth.
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Grigory Yavlinsky. A nominee from the Yabloko party, of which he was the leader until 2008. 65 years old, has an economic education. He was active in politics in the 1990s. Until 2018, he had already twice nominated himself for the presidency.
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Maxim Suraykin. Nominee from the Communists of Russia party, which he has headed since 2012. 39 years old, has a degree in transport management, candidate of historical sciences. While still a student, at the age of 18 he joined the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, an active figure in the youth communist movement.
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Boris Titov. Nominee from the Party of Growth. 67 years old, graduated from the Faculty of International Economic Relations. Successful businessman and entrepreneur. The position he holds for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs under the President of the Russian Federation is directly related to his field of activity.
Image - Ksenia Sobchak. Nominee from the Civil Initiative party, which she joined in 2017. 36 years old, received an education in international relations. Well-known journalist and TV presenter. Since 2011, she has been openly in opposition to the current government.
