Region: Moscow city
Date Time: 2017-06-20 11:00 (local time)

June 20 at 11:00 in Moscow at st. Trubnaya 19/12 will take place press conference of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation dedicated to the start of the 2017-2018 election campaigns.

The event will highlight the plans of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for participation in the elections of municipal deputies in Moscow (September 10, 2017), presidential elections (March 18, 2018), and elections for the Mayor of Moscow (September 2018).

Main topics of the press conference:

Communist Party of the Russian Federation team: candidates for elections;

Strategy and tactics of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and its candidates during the upcoming election campaigns;

The attitude of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation towards protest movements and events in Moscow;

Prospects for cooperation with other political and social forces (parties, movements, associations);

The issue of renovation of the housing stock and other pressing issues on the Moscow agenda in the election campaign of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Press conference participants:

V.F. Rashkin, State Duma deputy, first secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation;

A.E. Klychkov, head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction in the Moscow City Duma, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

The candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the upcoming presidential elections in the spring of 2018 will be the director of the Lenin State Farm CJSC Pavel Grudinin. The party nominated his candidacy at its XVII Congress, which is taking place today, December 23, in the Moscow region. A participant in the congress, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, told SP about this Lyudmila Zhuravleva.

According to her, the congress began with a two-hour keynote speech Gennady Zyuganov, in which “theses on the future campaign for the election of the President of the Russian Federation” were announced. “It was Gennady Andreevich who voiced this program,” Zhuravleva emphasized. - And only later in his speech he noted this himself Pavel Grudinin".

“There were many non-party people at the congress. Among them is a scientist Zhores Alferov, State Duma deputy Oleg Smolin… Also Yuri Boldyrev spoke in support of Grudinin. You know, this is the letter “B” in the name of the Yabloko party and our other comrades, including from the regions. Everyone supported Grudinin’s candidacy,” said a participant in the congress.

“Boldyrev, in particular, spoke about a wide range of patriotic forces that would unite around the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on equal partnership terms. According to him, the moment has come when we need to forget about contradictions and unite in the interests of Russia. By the way, the voting procedure for a candidate is secret,” added Zhuravleva.

The outcome of the voting at the congress was largely predetermined. The day before, a unanimous decision to support Grudinin as a candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was adopted by the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. According to a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Alexandra Yushchenko, “Grudinin is a nominated candidate from the broad popular patriotic forces of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and he is going to the polls with the program of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.”

At the same time, the plenum recommended Zyuganov for the post of head of the Supreme Council of People's Patriotic Forces. “The Council will include 20 people from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the most authoritative. - said Leonid Kalashnikov, Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. “They will support Grudinin and not let him get lost somewhere.”

Zyuganov himself has a high opinion of Grudinin. “This is a person who knows how to work, knows how to hear people and keep his promises,” the politician emphasized. Perhaps for this reason, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will personally head Grudinin’s election headquarters. During the congress, Grudinin stated that he was subordinate to the headquarters headed by Zyuganov.

Grudinin is confident that in the event of fair elections, the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will have no competitors. “You see, this is not a struggle of ideas, this is a struggle of ideologies. Tell me what ideology does United Russia or my respected Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich? They don’t exist,” Interfax quotes Grudinin as saying before the start of the congress.

According to the newly minted candidate, “there is one ideology - socialist: justice, equality, fraternity, when people in a rich country should live richly, not poorly.” At the same time, Grudinin himself is not a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which opponents often reproach him with.

Another participant of the XVII Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky believes that Grudin’s nomination “opened the 2024 presidential campaign.”

- Firstly, I’m glad that my party comrades, like good dramatic actors, kept the pause until the end. Just yesterday they asked me on Twitter: Well, who, who, who? I answered: “I have no comments, you’ll find out everything.” Thus, the intrigue of the election campaign shifted towards the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Because what is happening around the first place is clear and is of no interest to anyone. Unfortunately, this is a rather dull reassignment. Even regardless of the personality of the president.

All this is great, because the communists immediately attracted attention and took the campaign to another level. Now no one is interested in the candidate Sobchak, no one is interested in the candidate Zhirinovsky. It is clear that there will now be more competition in the “disgrace” segment, but it will be competition among themselves. But all sensible people, all patriots, have an interesting, new candidate. And this face appeared unexpectedly for most.

“SP”: — What do you think are Grudinin’s chances in the elections?

— Without a doubt, Pavel Grudinin has every chance to gather the entire communist electorate and the patriotic one too. And even take away some of the votes from Zhirinovsky and some other candidates. The election campaign became interesting and intrigue arose. In general, the 2024 election campaign can be considered open.

Grudinin, by the way, came to me more than once or twice on the “Red Line” program. He speaks very lively, cheerfully, interestingly. He has charisma.

"SP": - It seems that earlier the congresses of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation were held on the territory of Grudinin - on the state farm named after. Lenin...

- It was different. Congresses were usually held either at the Snegiri sanatorium of the presidential administration or at the Izmailovo hotel. It is more comfortable. And Grudinin had intermediate events at the state farm: plenums, etc. I visited there several times and saw everything myself. This is a fairytale!

"SP": - Tell me more...

“I’m amazed how such a developed economy can be developed and maintained in our conditions.” The fact that Grudinin is a phenomenon is absolutely clear. He brought samples of his products... I don’t understand how he manages to grow such crops in our country. The same strawberries.

Then, we got used to the fact that we have very large expenses for football, for the Olympics, boutiques, cars, etc. Tickets for the 2018 World Cup from 30 thousand rubles to 7 million rubles for one ticket! That is, what is connected with the bourgeoisie and their servants. This is all pretentious, costly, and expensive. So that the rich can have a lot of fun. But with Grudinin, everything is very expensive, in the sense that he invests a lot in people, in infrastructure for people. He has a very good school, high salaries, and good, costly social services. That is, he is potentially a very interesting person and an interesting business executive.

“SP”: - But it seems that not everyone shares this opinion...

“I am amazed and offended that the guards disparagingly write “collective farmer” to him. What's bad about it?! For me, “merchant”, “priest”, “nobleman”, “businessman” sound abusive. Because I understand what kind of people they are and how they live now. And Grudinin, firstly, has a state farm, not a collective farm, and, secondly, what’s wrong with the fact that he actually works on the land? Does he really understand economics worse than our Prime Minister? Of course not!

I am sure that the country will only benefit from Grudin as president or prime minister. Look, next to us is an example - Lukashenko. This is simply amazing. If he had been at the head of our united country, we would have had different economic results. And our Olympians wouldn’t be dipped like that.

That's why I look at the Grudinin decision with great enthusiasm. Although I also have great respect for Gennady Andreevich. And if he were nominated, I would vote for him. By the way, during the discussion of Grudinin’s candidacy at the plenum, it suddenly became clear that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has a whole line of candidates. Several names were mentioned. There was some dispute. Like this.

“SP”: — But with all this, Grudinin is not a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation?

- Yes it is. Formally, he is not a member of the party. But read his interviews - they are absolutely left-wing. This moment may even help us attract additional voters. But it is the Communist Party of the Russian Federation that nominates Grudinin. Due to this, he is exempt from collecting signatures. The main thing is who nominates. He would be a good person. By the way, Alferov is also not a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. What makes him less of a communist?

Political scientist Pavel Svyatenkov assesses the chances of the new candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation as rather high.

— Grudinin is a new, fresh face. This is an additional benefit. Everyone is afraid that the elections will be too boring. You can’t compare with Sobchak here, she has too specific an image. But the main question is whether Grudinin can lay claim to any significant results.

For the Communist Party of the Russian Federation itself, Grudinin’s nomination is an opportunity not only to update the presidential candidate, but also the leadership as a whole. If Grudinin shows serious results, he will be able to apply for the post of Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

“SP”: — What result do you think can be considered “serious”?

- Second place and above ten percent.

“SP”: — Does the fact that Zyuganov personally head Grudinin’s headquarters strengthen the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation?

- It's just a courtesy. But, in addition, if the result is high, Zyuganov will also be credited for this.

And here’s what the editor-in-chief of SP, State Duma deputy Sergei Shargunov said about Grudinin’s nomination:

— I have sympathized with Pavel Grudinin for a very long time. He is a man of action. And quite rightly he demands a change in the socio-economic course. I wish him strength!

Help "SP"

Pavel Grudinin is the director of the successful Lenin State Farm CJSC near Moscow. Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, since 2002 he has been among the 1000 best managers in Russia. Grudinin was elected three times to the Moscow Regional Duma (1997−2011). He is a member of the expert council under the Government of the Russian Federation and deputy chairman of the Committee for the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented at the party congress the main postulates of the future program of the candidate from the Communist Party in the upcoming presidential elections of the Russian Federation. If a communist president comes to power, radical changes await both the political and electoral systems, as well as the economy.

Let us recall that the congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation nominated the director of the state farm named after. Lenin Pavel Grudinin for nomination in the presidential elections, this was done at the suggestion of Zyuganov himself, who is preparing to head the campaign headquarters. He will become the head of the Supreme State Council of People's Patriotic Forces. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is going to approve Grudinin’s candidacy at the end of the congress, and the event began in the village of Rozhdestveno with the election program of the Communist Party.

The most significant changes are proposed in political terms, which will significantly increase the role of parliament. If the communists come to power, they are ready to cede part of their powers to deputies.

We propose a set of urgent changes to the current political system,” Zyuganov said. - The President, as the highest official, must be controlled and accountable to the people's parliament.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation proposes another measure to limit the power of the president. Namely, to establish a Supreme State Council, without whose approval not a single fundamentally important decision of the head of state will be implemented. This structure will include “the largest and most influential figures,” Zyuganov announced.

In addition, the president will have to approve ministerial candidates in the State Duma. It is also necessary to simplify the impeachment procedure, the Communists believe.

It is also necessary to return to the people the right to referendums on the most important public political and socio-economic issues.

And, perhaps, the main reform: the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is going to clearly state in the basic law that no one has the right to assume the office of president more than twice in his life.

Many changes are planned for the electoral legislation. First, it is necessary to abolish the municipal filter in the elections of regional heads. “I have a feeling that it will be abolished this winter,” added the communist leader (note that the Central Election Commission has already stated more than once that the filter needs to be, if not abolished, then significantly reformed).

And one more initiative on this topic: deputies should return the right to participate in election campaigns as proxies. “Now deputies elected by the people represent a large political party and cannot participate in elections in order to say a good word about their voters, about their comrades, about their program,” Zyuganov explained.

Regardless of success in the elections, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will soon introduce amendments to the two topics mentioned above.

Another project that the communist leader announced concerns increasing the minimum number of party members from 500 to 50 thousand people. “Parties of 500 people are parties of three entrances... There are already 77 parties... Why?” - said Zyuganov.

Changes are being prepared for the country and the economy. These measures were formulated “with broad state-patriotic forces” and “absorbed all the best from Soviet and international experience and the experience of advanced national enterprises,” the speaker said.

The loudest thing is that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation proposes to set a minimum wage of 25-30 thousand rubles and equate the monthly allowance for a child to his subsistence level. At the same time, the period for payment of benefits will increase from 1.5 to 3 years.

Zyuganov also answered the obvious question of where to get the money for this. The necessary funds will be obtained through the nationalization of key enterprises, telecom operators and leading banks, he said. “Their return will bring trillions of rubles to the treasury and will make it possible to form a development budget,” Zyuganov added.
The list of economic measures includes refusal to participate in the WTO, reduction of interest rates on bank loans, and revision of tax legislation. “The tax for the rich will be increased, and the tax for the poor will be abolished,” Zyuganov announced. The communists also did not forget about the abolition of the “Platon” system of fees for truck drivers.

And, of course, the program will include a ban on burying the body of Vladimir Lenin.

Yeah 0, are you specifically “stupid”, not only “holey”!?
On 108th? It’s you who came to Stepanych with a “attack”, thereby “punishing” you, he could “get under the article” (which is not clear in what was written)... But Stepanych is a Reasonable Man, to bastard with you and the youngster... - i.e., you don't give a fuck... and that's true.
((you were the first to “throw in a presentation” - “It’s hard to challenge me to a duel”)) - so the choice seems to be mine. But I let the “girls” go ahead, although I understand that it’s “bad” to communicate with “leaky” and “blue-blooded...” ugh. Such an “offended” .. - what is it like in the spring? Don’t “ring your horns Musya” and sit “evenly” and drink milk. Come to Nizhny, it’s even interesting - did you want to please me with this or what? (100% youngster) I’m going to Moscow, I’ll write to the post office, if you don’t “get together” - let’s “talk”. Only I’m sure - you’re like Ursulka, you give me “left” addresses (either a car wash, or a fitness center), do you work for the same non-profit organization? After all, the “stuffiness” is flogging you from the good news about Russia - right, “bug”?
-
I am not writing further for the “zero”... In any case, either a youngster or a troll from the outskirts, a lot of them have gotten divorced recently, before the elections. They yell, “everything is lost and we will survive,” but they don’t see any changes for the better. I also noticed; Putin is “hated” by the Pindos - the “livers and all-goers” immediately begin to echo them, and other, “unreasonable and narrow-minded” (I put it mildly) Russians begin to “echo” them in unison!
Let me explain about “zero” - several of my comments and publications against the enemies of Russia caused a “commotion” among this “muska”. It wrote to me - ((Your cowardice and your liberal principles. Don’t confuse the Russian people with yourself. You are NOT WORTHY TO EVEN STUTTER ABOUT THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE!)) - an attempt to “turn everything around”, to provoke me into “aggression” and some actions. There are too many big words - “Russian, Russian people” (in almost every comment); If “it” had at least some relation to Russia and the Russian people, then it would not “boast” about it at every step. I am Russian, I know this, and I don’t need to prove it to anyone, and therefore I don’t “shout” about it, and I have nothing against other peoples of Russia. All of us (i.e., our ancestors) together defended the USSR from the Aryan-fascists-Nazis (by the way, it’s not for nothing that there is an information war against Russia). And now, when there is a war against American terrorism in Syria, their plan is to weaken Russia from the inside, they cannot break us, so they “threw” legends about fascists/Aryans/Iranians/Indians (and they themselves do not know who they are - some kind of “blue-blooded gods,” as this “zero” wrote to himself just now), all sorts of Miroshnichenko(v) with an outskirts accent on “Skirt” are broadcasting their “nonsense” about Russia, also “Urengoy boys” with Okrainsky roots and with “liver” ( with liberals) apologize to the Germans, etc. And “zero/leaky”, as in “secret LGBT-rast” (and most likely), “runs around and screams loudly” - the urine of “LGBT-rast”, I’m normal, I’m not from “ their teams” (all according to Freud). In addition, he reacts furiously to comments and disagreement with his “point of view”, don’t you think that this is too much a “feminine trait of the Ursulocs” (I ask women not to be offended by this).

MOSCOW, March 15 – RIA Novosti. The Russian presidential election will be held on Sunday, with eight people vying for the highest government post: political old-timers and newcomers, liberals and communists, as well as the current head of state.

Voting will take place in the country from 8 am to 8 pm local time at 97 thousand polling stations. Since February 17, candidates have had the opportunity to campaign and participate in debates, and on March 17 there will be a day of silence. The President of Russia is elected for a six-year term.

Below is a summary of the candidates' programs and statements, as on the ballot, they are presented in alphabetical order.

Baburin's Russian choice

Russian presidential candidate Sergei Baburin is a veteran of modern politics, at one time he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, and then was elected to the State Duma three times and was twice vice-speaker. This is the first time a politician is participating directly in a presidential campaign.

Baburin’s main ideological slogan comes down to the phrase “Russian choice”, that is, the basis of politics, economics, social sphere, education, culture, science, according to Baburin, should be Russian traditions, morality, spirituality - without this the politician sees no future for revival of Russia. He advocates the construction of a social state, the return of funds from offshore companies to Russia, active investments in human capital: education, preschool education, medicine, culture and science, as well as support for domestic producers and investments in innovative developments.

At the same time, Baburin considers it important to fight for the preservation and expansion of the “Russian world.” In foreign policy, he proceeds from the principles of a bipolar world, where Russia will be one of the poles. The politician also advocates support and recognition of Transnistria, DPR, LPR and other islands of the “Russian world”.

Non-party candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

The director of the Lenin state farm, Pavel Grudinin, is nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for the presidential elections in Russia in 2018. This decision, made at the XVII pre-election congress of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, was unexpected for many, including the candidate himself, as he later admitted to journalists. The candidate's election headquarters was personally headed by the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov; the election program “20 steps of Pavel Grudinin” was developed by the Communist Party. However, Grudinin has repeatedly emphasized his non-partisanship, while noting that he fully supports the ideology of the communists.

In the program text “20 steps of Pavel Grudinin,” the candidate stated the need to reduce prices for medicines and tariffs for all types of transport, eliminate the value added tax, abolish the transport tax and the Plato system. In the social sphere, Grudinin, if he wins, promised to establish funding standards for science, education and healthcare in the amount of at least 7% of GDP for each industry. In addition, the candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation stated the need to maintain the current retirement age and return indexation of pensions to working pensioners. Another striking proposal in the politician’s program was the promise of Russia’s refusal to participate in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

At the height of the election race, the CEC announced that Grudinin had 13 accounts in Switzerland at the time of his nomination, in which about $1 million was placed, including about 174 ounces of gold. At the same time, the Central Election Commission noted that the government agency is obliged to inform voters about the facts identified, therefore this data is posted on information posters about the candidates who will be at each polling station. Grudinin himself called this information about the “party gold” a “stuffing” and noted that he would not be surprised if they discovered the Amber Room or the library of Ivan the Terrible in his possession.

Grudinin also refused to participate in television debates. At the end of February, Grudinin left the Channel One studio live on air, calling what was happening a “booth.” Previously, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation came up with a proposal to change the format of the debate, and also repeatedly sent complaints to the Central Election Commission about the coverage of Grudinin’s election campaign by the media. Thus, Zyuganov reported that the Communist Party sent about 70 “substantiated complaints and statements” to the Central Election Commission.

Some of Grudinin’s most striking statements during the election race were proposals to introduce the death penalty for pedophiles and maniacs in Russia, to abolish the Unified State Examination in schools, and to create a National Anti-Corruption Bureau in the country, which would be supra-party in nature and have the broadest powers, including before inspections by the President of the Russian Federation.

A big discussion in society was caused by the statement of the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation that Joseph Stalin is the greatest leader of the country over the last 100 years. In addition, during one of the press conferences, Grudinin compared the Red Army soldiers who fought against the Nazi invaders with “rams under the leadership of a lion,” referring to Stalin’s lion. In connection with this statement, a petition was published on the website change.org on behalf of the Council of Veterans of the North-Western Administrative District of Moscow demanding that Grudinin apologize for such a comparison. The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, commenting on this situation, said that he did not see anything offensive in the fact that Grudinin compared USSR soldiers to sheep, since there is such a “folk proverb.”

Record holder Zhirinovsky

LDPR presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky participated in six presidential elections. During the current campaign, he mentioned topics affecting the very foundations of statehood of the modern Russian Federation. He spoke about the need for significant changes in the Russian political system for the next presidential elections, which are due to take place in 2024. According to Zhirinovsky, the presidential post will become insignificant or will be abolished, the main powers will be concentrated in the hands of the unelected head of the State Council, and all parties will either be gathered into two approximately equal in strength or abolished. The head of the State Council can also head the CIS interparliamentary assembly, Zhirinovsky believes, such a structure can be strengthened politically by the creation of a two-party system.

However, not all the initiatives of the leader of the LDPR related to the internal agenda were of a sharply political nature. Among other things, he proposed, for example, that the state should help single people create families. At the same time, Zhirinovsky considers it necessary to exempt citizens with a salary below 20 thousand rubles from taxes, and to introduce an additional tax on excess income. The presidential candidate said that in the future engineering should become the main profession in the country, and proposed putting its representatives in charge of all regions.

Traditionally, one of the most important topics for the leader of the Liberal Democrats is foreign policy. Zhirinovsky believes that it is best to speak with the West in the language of force. In another statement, the head of the LDPR even suggested that Russia’s growing confrontation with the West plays into his hands as a presidential candidate. However, while the West, Zhirinovsky says, is helping him, the regional authorities, in his own words, are putting pressure on LDPR activists. If he wins the elections, as the candidate stated, he is first of all ready to replace the heads of the Kemerovo, Lipetsk and Belgorod regions, calling these regions “the worst version of democracy.”

At the debate, the leader of the LDPR attracted attention not so much with his political statements; for example, the interest of the audience was aroused by the skirmish that Russian presidential candidates Ksenia Sobchak and Vladimir Zhirinovsky staged on air on the Rossiya 1 channel. During the event on February 28, Zhirinovsky interfered with the speech of another Russian presidential candidate, Sergei Baburin. Sobchak called on him to calm down, the LDPR leader made a number of unflattering statements about her, and she poured a glass of water on her opponent.

Self-nominated Putin

Presidential candidate and current head of state Vladimir Putin announced his candidacy in December last year; he has not yet formally presented his election program; analysts are considering a number of his speeches that took place at the height of the campaign as programmatic ones. As Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov previously stated, assessments of work and prospects for the future “one way or another will coincide” in the Russian leader’s message to the Federal Assembly, which was announced on March 1.

Putin then highlighted the country's development priorities: improving the living conditions of Russians, increasing the size of pensions and their indexation, targeted social assistance to those in need, the development of preschool educational institutions and other areas of social policy. Putin called ensuring growth in real incomes of citizens and reducing the poverty level by at least half over six years as one of the key tasks for the coming decade. The President even set the country the task of entering the club of “80 plus” countries, where life expectancy exceeds 80 years, by the end of the next decade. In addition, Putin instructed to allocate at least 3.4 trillion rubles for demographic development measures and the protection of motherhood and childhood over the next six years, which is 40% more than for the previous similar period 2012-2017.

The President also assessed the work of the government. In the economic part of his address to the Federal Assembly, Putin praised the government for the achieved macroeconomic stability, but the new cabinet will have to solve a more ambitious task - GDP should grow at a rate no lower than the world’s and its volume per capita should increase by 1.5 times by the middle of the next decade.

A significant part of Putin's speech was devoted to the presentation of the latest weapons, which have either already arrived or will become available to the Russian defense department. According to the president, the strategic nuclear forces included 80 new intercontinental ballistic missiles, 102 ballistic missile submarines and three Borei strategic missile submarines. In addition, as the president said, Russia has begun developing a new nuclear-powered cruise missile that is capable of bypassing missile defense systems. And all this “in response to the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the practical deployment of this system both on the territory of the United States and beyond its national borders,” the president emphasized.

A major campaign event that Putin participated in was his meeting with proxies at the end of January. Then he called on everyone to respect their competitors in the elections, but also to promote their agenda, communicate more closely with voters, and discuss unresolved problems with them. The current president also touched upon the topic of education, anonymity and control systems on the Internet, the economy, and the exclusion of Russian athletes from the Olympic Games in South Korea, calling not to turn world sports into “the backyard of a dirty political kitchen.” Putin also spoke about relations with the United States, noting that Russia is not going to “get into trouble” and aggravate the situation, but will patiently build relations with America to the extent that they are ready for this.

The work is carried out not only “in the public field.” As the Kremlin confirmed, Putin may decide to sign new “May decrees.” The final decision, as Peskov assured, rests with Putin, and is currently being discussed. According to the presidential press secretary, the head of state will choose the specific “form of legal registration” of the main tasks.

Putin did not participate in other election events, including debates with other candidates. During the campaign, he did not take leave and continued to work as President of the Russian Federation, this position is also indicated on the ballot.

Make way for the young

Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak is the youngest contender for the highest post and the only female candidate; she has just reached the age of passive suffrage - according to the law, a citizen of the Russian Federation over 35 years of age can be president. Having nominated himself from the Civil Initiative party, the politician positions himself as a candidate “against everyone.”

In his election platform “123 Difficult Steps,” Sobchak identifies the country’s most important problem as the irremovability of power, the corruption it generates and, as a consequence, the unfair distribution of public goods, the slowdown in technical and social progress, international isolation and the economic crisis. In this regard, the politician proposes to limit the tenure of any elected official at all levels of executive power in one position to two terms established by law during his life.

Sobchak emphasizes that Russia is a European country, and on the world stage it must become a European secular democratic federal state with a market economy that protects the rights and freedoms of citizens. In her opinion, the state should not control, but regulate the economy, and the economy itself should be demilitarized. Sobchak also believes that Russia should become a parliamentary republic.

Another new communist

The program of presidential candidate, chairman of the communist party "Communists of Russia" Maxim Suraikin, according to him, provides for the creation of a socialist state in Russia using the best experience of the USSR. In particular, the politician said that if he wins, he will officially announce a five-year transition period from capitalism to socialism, during which the communist president and the Soviet government will gradually implement the program “Stalin’s Ten Blows on Capitalism and American Imperialism.” Suraikin calls this approach innovative.

According to Suraikin, in the first 100 days of his possible presidency, he will initiate the discussion and then the adoption of a draft of a new Soviet Constitution based on the Brezhnev Constitution of 1977.

Clear position of the business representative

Nominated for the presidency of Russia, Chairman of the Growth Party Boris Titov considers himself the only candidate with a clear, non-contradictory and realistic program for saving Russia from forever falling behind the main countries of the world in terms of development.

According to Titov, it is his election program, based on the “Growth Strategy”, that is that very powerful breakthrough. The politician believes that the welfare of the broad masses is the main reason for the existence of society. “A working person should not be poor!” - one of the main slogans of his campaign.

Since June 2017, Titov has held the position of Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs.

Liberal old-timer

One of the founders of the Yabloko party, Grigory Yavlinsky, is taking part in the Russian presidential elections for the third time. Traditionally, a politician’s election program is based on criticism of the current government’s course. During the campaign, he repeatedly noted that his program offers its own unique image of the future.

Yavlinsky believes that the essence of all state policy in the next 30 years should be only one thing - the creation of a powerful economy in Russia. In particular, speaking about depressed regions of the country, where the average salary is 14-16 thousand rubles, the politician proposes to apply a basic income system.

The politician pays a lot of attention to infrastructure in his program, offering in this area his program for gasification of the country, as well as the free transfer of land to citizens for the construction of their own houses. The state should build roads and communications to these houses at its own expense, Yavlinsky believes.