A self-nominee must collect at least 300,000
signatures of voters in his or her support or at least 7,500 signatures in each
Russian region.
MOSCOW,
January 5. /TASS/. Volunteers began to collect signatures in support of
Vladimir Putin as a candidate at the 2018 presidential election in several
districts of Moscow, Vladislav Martsalenko, head of the Moscow headquarters of
the Voluntreers of Victory movement told TASS.
"Signature
collection points have opened in different parts of Moscow," he said.
Earlier,
the regional coordinator of the Volunteers of Victory in the Khabarovsk region
in Russia’s Far East Anastasia Braga told TASS that the first point for
collection of signatures was opened in Khabarovsk.
A
self-nominee must collect at least 300,000 signatures of voters in his or her
support or at least 7,500 signatures in each Russian region.
Putin
declared his decision to run for presidency on December 6 at a meeting with
Nizhny Novgorod plant workers. At a conference on December 14 he specified that
he will participate in the election as a self-nominee. The head of state
highlighted that he expects to receive support from the parties and public
organizations that share his views on development of the country and have confidence
in him.
On December
28, Russia’s Central Election Commission has accepted Vladimir Putin’s
documents for his nomination in the 2018 presidential election.
The Russian
presidential election will be held on March 18, 2018.
Source: ITAR-TASS 05-01-2018