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12:27, 29-Dec-2017
Russia's election commission gives green light to Putin's campaign
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Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has given Russian President Vladimir Putin permission to officially launch his presidential campaign, Xinhua reported.
The CEC has registered a group of voters who support the self-nomination of Putin for the presidential race set for March 18, 2018, and allowed the president to collect signatures of voters in his support, shown in a video report of the CEC meeting on its website on Thursday.
The initiative group of voters, which included more than 600 people, voted on Tuesday to nominate him as a candidate in the election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to submit endorsement papers at the Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 27, 2017. /AP Photo
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to submit endorsement papers at the Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 27, 2017. /AP Photo
The commission also registered Putin's authorized representatives on financial issues and allowed him to open a special electoral account with the country's largest lender Sberbank needed to start collecting signatures of voters for registration at the elections.
Under Russian legislation, the printing of subscription lists, promotion materials and all other paperwork should be paid from the electoral account. The size of its contents cannot exceed 400 million rubles (6.96 million US dollars).
On Wednesday, Putin submitted to the CEC documents needed to officially start his 2018 presidential campaign, including an application for registration of the group of supporters, a statement of consent to running for president, confirmations of biographical data, as well as income and property ownership data.
As Putin chose to run as an independent candidate, he has to collect no less than 300,000 signatures from his supporters to be registered as a candidate in the race.
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