Do not campaign in vain

Of the 65 governors who are included in the list of candidates for deputies from United Russia, only 27 will be allowed to use the image of Vladimir Putin for election purposes. This is written on Monday "Vedomosti" with reference to sources in the party and in the presidential administration.

In order to obtain the informal consent of Putin, the governor must either have a high rating himself or present the result of United Russia: at least 40 percent of the votes in the last regional elections.

Valentina Matvienko’s spokesman confirmed that the governor of St. Petersburg had already received permission. The press secretary of the Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkova refused to comment, but the source in the Moscow branch of United Russia told the newspaper that posters with images of the mayor and the president with the approximate slogan "Putin's Plan-the Luzhkov Course" are being prepared.

The candidate for deputies from the Khabarovsk Territory Boris Reznik knows that the Khabarovsk governor Viktor Ishaev has consent.

Joint photos with Putin will also be able to use five of the six chapters of the regions included in the Ural Federal District for election purposes. As a source in the administration of the Sverdlovsk region told the publication, only the governor of the Kurgan region Oleg Bogomolov was denied this right.

A source in the party said that the approval is ongoing. Governors should not focus on regional achievements, but emphasize the importance of Putin's plan, the interlocutor of the publication explained. “The instructions for treating the president’s image will be given to us next week,” said the source surrounded by the Nizhny Novgorod governor Valery Shantsev.