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Presidential campaign budget approved
17.69 billion rubles will be spent on preparing and holding the day of voting for the president of Russia, Vedomosti reports. Most of it will go to paying the salaries of the employees of the precinct election commissions.
The election campaign officially started on December 18, after the publication of the resolution on the appointment of the voting day. According to the member of the Central Election Commission Yevgeny Shevchenko, 67 political parties will be able to nominate their candidates for president. Only four will not need to collect signatures for this - "United Russia", the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and "A Just Russia". More than 10 parties have already sent notifications of their election events to the Central Election Commission.
The campaign period in the media will begin on February 17, and the draw for free airtime on state channels should take place no later than February 15.
The head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova previously reported that 23 people had declared their intention to run for president. Among them are the current Russian President Vladimir Putin, the leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the co-founder of Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky, business ombudsman Boris Titov, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak and the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Alexei Navalny.
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