Campaign kicks off
The presidential campaign has officially kicked off in Russia, and even the Rosiskaya Gazeta official newspaper, which isn't released on Saturdays, has been published for this event.
The Russian Federal Council has set the date of the presidential elections on March 4, 2012. After the official launch of the presidential campaign, within 30 days political parties and non-governmental organizations can nominate candidates by appealing to the Central Electoral Commission in written form. The final number of candidates will be announced on December 25.
Tomorrow Edinaya Rosia Party will nominate the country's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during its congress. Two Russian political parties also intend to nominate their Communist and Liberal Democrat candidates, including Genadi Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
According to the new amendments in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the President will serve for 6, not 4 years.
While political forces are holding discussions on who they will nominate, Russia is preparing for parliamentary elections to be held on December 4.
