Russian presidential election, 2018
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The next presidential elections in Russia will take place in March 2018.
The first round will be held on Sunday 11 or 18 March 2018. If in the first round no candidate attains absolute majority of the votes (more than half), then according to the law, a second round will have to go through exactly three weeks later on 1 or 8 April 2018.
President Vladimir Putin is eligible to seek re-election.
In an article for Vedomosti, Yevgeny Gontmakher suggested that the rearrangement of the 2016 parliamentary elections from December to September indicated the intention of the authorities to transfer the presidential elections in the spring of 2016.
Speaking on 19 June 2015 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the head of the Committee of Civil Initiatives and former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin suggested the feasibility of holding early presidential elections in March 2016, subsequently criticized by members of all parties represented in the State Duma. Kudrin himself ruled out the possibility of his participation in the presidential race. Commenting on this proposal, Sergey Ivanov said that he does not see any reason to reschedule the elections to an earlier date.
The 2016 parliamentary elections once again prompted thoughts of early elections. Gennady Zyuganov, a potential presidential candidate, said he was confident that the elections would be held in 2017.
According to Russian law, early elections can be held only if the President leaves office before the end of his term (in case of death, impeachment or voluntary resignation). However, in this case, the incumbent President Putin will not be able to participate in early elections.
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