The acting head of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, has been nominated for mayor of the capital. He submitted the documents to the Moscow City Election Commission, Interfax reports .

Sergei Sobyanin invited the remaining candidates to sign a kind of “memorandum on fair elections.” The document is not ready yet. Its development is being carried out by the acting headquarters. mayor.

Sobyanin is running in the elections as a self-nominated candidate, so he will have to collect about 70 thousand voter signatures. In addition, he, like party candidates, will need to enlist the support of 110 municipal deputies.

Sobyanin became the ninth contender for the post of mayor of Moscow. Previously, documents were submitted to the Moscow City Election Commission by LDPR candidate Mikhail Degtyarev, Sergei Mitrokhin from Yabloko, Alexei Navalny, who was nominated by RPR-PARNAS, and others.

Early elections in Moscow were called in connection with the resignation of Sergei Sobyanin. He voluntarily resigned with the intention of being re-elected to his post. Russian President Vladimir Putin supported his decision.

Elections in Moscow will take place on September 8, 2013. On the same day, elections of heads of several more regions will be held, including the Moscow region.

Sobyanin officially nominated for mayor of Moscow