Zyuganov proposed nominating the director of the Lenin State Farm for president from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov at a meeting of the presidium of the Central Committee of the party proposed to nominate Pavel Grudinin, director of the State Farm named after Lenin, to the presidency of Russia, Kommersant and Interfax report , citing sources.

“Zyuganov proposed as a candidate from the party <…> Pavel Grudinin. This proposal sparked a lively discussion; The presidium did not make a final decision on Thursday, ”an Interfax source said.

Several participants in the meeting spoke out against Grudinin's candidacy, including State Duma deputy Valery Rashkin, governor of the Irkutsk region Sergei Levchenko and governor of the Oryol region Andrey Klychkov.

Other candidates were also discussed at the meeting, but Zyuganov, according to Kommersant, "found counterarguments" against each of them.

Pavel Grudinin won the primaries held by the Left Front. In early December, the organization announced that it would now seek his nomination in the presidential elections "from left-wing patriotic forces."

• The candidate for the presidency of Russia from the Communist Party will be officially chosen at the party's pre-election congress on December 23. The vast majority of regional organizations support the nomination of Gennady Zyuganov. about this In November, Zyuganov himself spoke , in particular, but in the party then the conversation about his nomination was called premature.
• The candidates from the Communist Party took second place in all presidential elections in Russia. Four times this candidate was Gennady Zyuganov. In 2004, Nikolai Kharitonov was nominated from the party. In 1991, in the presidential elections of the RSFSR, the candidate from the CPSU Nikolai Ryzhkov took the second place.