News - All possible candidates for next Russia president become known

Russia’s Central Election Commission has finished accepting documents from applicants for running in the country’s presidential election. Thus, the round of applications within the framework of the current presidential campaign has ended, TASS reports. The list of possible candidates includes three self-nominated candidates—the incumbent, President Vladimir Putin, as well as bloggers Rada Russkikh and Anatoly Batashev, and eight candidates from political parties—Leonid Slutsky (LDPR), Nikolai Kharitonov (KPRF), Vladislav Davankov (New People), Sergey Baburin (Russian People's Union), Andrey Bogdanov (Russian Party of Freedom and Justice), Boris Nadezhdin (Civic Initiative), Sergey Malinkovich (Communists of Russia), and Irina Sviridova (Democratic Party of Russia). All of them have submitted nomination papers to start their campaigns.