Кіріспе
2008 жылғы 2 наурызда Ресейде президент сайлауы өтті, нәтижесінде Дмитрий Медведев Ресейдің үшінші президенті болып сайланды. Медведев төрт жылдық мерзімге сайланды, оның кандидатурасын қазіргі президент Владимир Путин және бес саяси партия (Біртұтас Ресей, Әділ Ресей, Аграрлық партия, Азаматтық билік және Ресейлік экологиялық партия "Жасылдар") қолдады, 71% дауыс алды және Ресей Федерациясының Коммунистік партиясынан Геннадий Зюгановты және Ресейдің Либералды-демократиялық партиясынан Владимир Жириновскийді жеңді. Сайлаудың әділдігі күмәнда тудырды, ресми бақылау топтары қарама-қайшы есептер берді. Кейбіреулер сайлаудың еркін және әділ өткенін, ал басқалары барлық кандидаттардың тең медиа қолдауына ие болмағанын және Кремльге қарсы оппозицияға әділетсіз қарағанын хабарлады. Бақылау топтары тағы да бірқатар бұзушылықтарды анықтады. Еуропадағы қауіпсіздік және ынтымақтастық ұйымының (ЕҚЫҰ) сайлау мониторингі тобы "Ресей үкіметі өз бақылаушыларына қатаң шектеулер қойғандықтан" сайлауды бақылаудан бас тартты. Ресей бұл шешімді "қабылданбайды" деп, бұл айыптаманы қатаң түрде жоққа шығарды. 38 жасында ол Ресейде президенттікке түскен ең жас адам болды, ол бұл рекордын 2018 жылға дейін сақтап қалды. 24 қаңтар 2008 жыл.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
| Владимир Жириновский (61) Либералды-демократиялық партия (науқаны) |
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| Мемлекеттік Дума депутаты (1993–2022) Либералды-демократиялық партияның жетекшісі (1991–2022) |
| Жириновский президенттікке үш рет үміткер болды: 1991, 1996 және 2000 жылдары. Оның ең жақсы нәтижесі - 7,81% қолдаумен үшінші орын. 26 желтоқсанда кандидат ретінде тіркелді. | 26 желтоқсан 2007 жыл.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
| Геннадий Зюганов (63) Коммунистік партия (науқаны) |
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| Мемлекеттік Дума депутаты (1993 жылдан қазірге дейін) Коммунистік партияның жетекшісі (1993 жылдан қазірге дейін) |
| Зюганов 1996 жылы (онда ол дауыс берудің бірнеше пайызын ғана алды) және 2000 жылы президенттікке түсті, бірақ 2004 жылы емес. 2007 жылдың 15 желтоқсанында 215 дауыспен ресми түрде ұсынылды. 26 желтоқсанда кандидат ретінде тіркелді. | 26 желтоқсан 2007 жыл.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
| Дмитрий Медведев (42) Біртұтас Ресей (науқаны) |
|---|
| Ресейдің бірінші вице-премьері (2005–2008) Кремль штабының бастығы (2003–2005) |
| Медведевті "Біртұтас Ресей" партиясы ұсынды және "Әділ Ресей", Аграрлық партия, "Жасылдар" және Азаматтық билік партиялары қолдады. Оған қоса, оны қазіргі президент Владимир Путин де қолдады. | 21 қаңтар 2008 жыл.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
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| Кандидаттың аты, жасы, саяси партиясы | Саяси лауазымдары | Тіркеу күні | Қайтарып алу күні |
| Борис Немцов (48) Оңшыл күштер одағы (науқаны) | Мемлекеттік Дума депутаты (1999–2003) Ресейдің вице-премьері (1997–1998) Ресейдің жанармай және энергетика министрі (1997) Нижегород облысының губернаторы (1991–1997) | 22 желтоқсан 2007 | 26 желтоқсан 2007 |
| Немцов 2007 жылдың 18 желтоқсанында Оңшыл күштер одағынан ұсынылып, 22 желтоқсанда кандидат ретінде тіркелді. Ол 26 желтоқсанда өтінішін қайтарып алып, өз жақтастарын Михаил Касьяновқа дауыс беруге шақырды. |
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Бірінші вице-премьер болып тағайындалғаннан кейін көптеген саяси бақылаушылар Медведевтің 2008 жылғы президент сайлауында Путиннің орнын алмастырушы ретінде ұсынылатынын күтті. Сергей Иванов және Виктор Зубков сияқты басқа да әлеуетті кандидаттар болды, бірақ 2007 жылдың 10 желтоқсанында президент Путин Медведевті өзінің таңдаулы мұрагері деп жариялады. Путинді қолдаған төрт партия да Медведевті олардың кандидаты ретінде жариялады – Біртұтас Ресей, Әділ Ресей, Ресейдің Аграрлық партиясы және Азаматтық билік. Біртұтас Ресей партиясының съезі 2007 жылдың 17 желтоқсанында өтті, онда делегаттардың құпия дауыс беруі арқылы Медведев 2008 жылғы президенттік сайлауда олардың кандидаты ретінде ресми түрде бекітілді. Ол 2007 жылдың 20 желтоқсанында Орталық сайлау комиссиясында өз кандидатурасын ресми түрде тіркеді және қазіргі заңдарға сәйкес президентке басқа лауазымға орналасуға рұқсат етілмегендіктен, "Газпром" төрағалығынан кететінін айтты. "Газпром" мен Медведевке жақын көздер "Ведомости" газетіне Медведевтің орнын Путин "Газпромда" алмастыруы мүмкін екенін хабарлады. Оның тіркелуі Ресейдің Орталық сайлау комиссиясы 2008 жылдың 21 қаңтарында ресми түрде қабылдады. 2008 жылдың қаңтар айында Медведев президенттік науқанын аймақтарға сапар шегу арқылы бастады. Өзі бекітілгеннен кейін алғашқы сөйлесінде Медведев президент болған жағдайда Владимир Путиннің Ресей үкіметіне жетекшілік ету үшін премьер-министр болып тағайындалатынын мәлімдеді. Конституциялық түрде үшінші рет қатарынан президенттік мерзімге ие болмаса да, бұл рөл Путинге Ресей саясатында ықпалды тұлға ретінде қалуға мүмкіндік берер еді. Путин Медведев президент болып сайланса, ол премьер-министр лауазымын қабылдайтынын уәде берді. Сайлау плакаттарында екеуі "Бірге жеңеміз" ("Вместе победим") деген ұранмен бейнеленген. Сайлауға дейінгі дебаттарда "Star TV" арнасында 20 ақпанда, Богдановтың өкілі Николай Гоца Владимир Жириновскийді және оның партиясын өз жақтастарына өтірік айтқандықтан және сатқандықтан айыптады. Олар үкіметтік бастамаларға қарсылық білдіргенде, оларды жақтағандарын айыптады. Жириновский Гоцаны шаршаңқы, шизофрениялық деп қорқытып, "ибіліс" деп атады және камерадан тыс қалғанда оны ұрып соқты. Богданов пен Гоца Жириновскийге қарсы заңдық шара қолданды. 28 ақпанда өткен тағы бір дебатта Богданов Жириновскиймен жеке сөйлескенін және ол өміріне қауіп төндіргенін және мәселені қайтарып алуды талап еткенін мәлімдеді.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Сайлауға дейін жүргізілген пікір сауалнамаларына сәйкес, халықтың 82%-ға дейін Дмитрий Медведевке, Владимир Путиннің таңдаулы мұрагеріне дауыс беретінін айтты. Екінші ең танымал кандидат - Ресей Коммунистік партиясының жетекшісі Геннадий Зюганов, ол дауыстардың 6%-дан 15%-ға дейін алатыны күтілді. Владимир Путиннің 2007 жылғы парламенттік сайлауда "Біртұтас Ресей" партиясының сайлау тізіміне басшылық ететінін жариялағаннан кейін қыркүйек айында жасалған "Юрий Левада аналитикалық орталығының" пікір сауалнамасы Сергей Иванов пен Дмитрий Медведевке сәйкес 34% және 30% дауыс жинады. Виктор Зубков пен Сергей Глазьев әрқайсысы дауыстардың тек 4% ғана алды.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
| style="background color:;" |
|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Еуропадағы қауіпсіздік және ынтымақтастық ұйымы (ЕҚЫҰ), халықаралық сайлау стандарттарын бақылаушысы ретінде, Ресей үкіметінің өз бақылаушыларына қатаң шектеулер қойғандықтан сайлауды бақылаудан бас тартты. Апталар бойы келіссөздерден кейін Ресей ODIHR миссиясы үшін бақылаушылар санын арттыруға және сапар уақытын ұзартуға келісті, бірақ ODIHR бұл ұсыныс әлі де олардың талаптарына сай емес екенін мәлімдеді, олар сайлау кампаниясын тиімді бақылау үшін 5 жақын күндерде Ресейге кем дегенде 50 бақылаушыларын жіберуі керек екенін талап етті. Мәскеу ұсынған күнді. Ресей бұл талапқа жауап ретінде өзінің халықаралық міндеттемелерін толық орындап жатқанын және 400 мониторға шақыру халықаралық стандарттарға сай екенін мәлімдеді. Ол ЕҚЫҰ дауды саясиландыруға тырысып жатыр деп айыптады және ODIHR бастапқыда сайлауды бойкоттауға ниеттенгенін күдіктенді, ODIHR "негізгі этикалық нормаларға немқұрайлы қарағанын" айтты, бұл ODIHR бастапқыда өзара қабылданатын бақылау шарттарына келісуге тіпті тырыспағанын көрсетеді. Ресейдің Сыртқы істер министрлігінің өкілі Михаил Камынин "ODIHR ешқандай түсіндірме бермей, компромиссіз бас тартты. Мұндай әрекеттерді қабылдамаймыз" деді. Камынин Мәскеу ЕҚЫҰ-ның бас тартуына "өте өкінетінін" қосты, ұйымды, ол сайлау кампанияларын бақылау үшін бір-екі апта бұрын 10-20 саршенді жіберетін әдеттегідей, ұйымды айыптады.
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Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties (United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party, Civilian Power, and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"), received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The fairness of the election was disputed, with official monitoring groups giving conflicting reports. Some reported that the election was free and fair, while others reported that not all candidates had equal media coverage and that the opposition to the Kremlin was treated unfairly. Monitoring groups found a number of other irregularities. The Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) election monitoring group refused to monitor the election because of what it called "severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government", a charge Russia vehemently rejected, calling the decision "unacceptable". At 38, he was the youngest person to run for president in Russia, a record he would retain until 2018. |24 January 2008
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| style="background:lavender;" |Vladimir Zhirinovsky(61)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)
|Zhirinovky ran for the presidency on three prior occasions: in 1991, 1996 and 2000. His best result was third with 7.81% support. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Gennady Zyuganov(63)Communist Party(campaign)|
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|Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)
|Zyuganov ran for president in 1996 (when he came short just a few percent of the votes) and 2000, but not in 2004. Officially nominated on December 15, 2007, with 215 of 218 votes in favor. Registered as a candidate on December 26. |26 December 2007
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| style="background:lavender;" |Dmitry Medvedev(42)United Russia(campaign)|
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|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(2005–2008)Kremlin Chief of Staff'(2003–2005)
|Medvedev was nominated by the United Russia party, and supported by the parties A Just Russia, Agrarian Party, The Greens and Civilian Power. In addition he was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin. |21 January 2008
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Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalBoris Nemtsov(48)Union of Right Forces(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1999–2003)Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(1997–1998)Minister of Fuel and Energy of Russia(1997)Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast(1991–1997)Nemtsov was nominated by the Union of Rightist Forces on December 18, 2007 and was registered as a candidate on December 22. He withdrew his bid on December 26 and called on his supporters to vote for Mikhail Kasyanov instead. 22 December 2007 26 December 2007
Campaign
Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, many political observers expected Medvedev to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections. There were other potential candidates, such as Sergey Ivanov and Viktor Zubkov, but on December 10, 2007, President Putin announced that Medvedev was his preferred successor. Four parties supporting Putin also declared Medvedev to be their candidate to the post – United Russia, A Just Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power. United Russia held its party congress on December 17, 2007, where by secret ballot of the delegates, Medvedev was officially endorsed as their candidate in the 2008 presidential election. He formally registered his candidacy with the Central Election Commission on December 20, 2007, and said he would step down as chairman of Gazprom, since under the current laws, the president was not permitted to hold another post. Sources close to Gazprom and Medvedev told the Vedomosti newspaper that Medvedev might be replaced by Putin at Gazprom. His registration was formally accepted as valid by the Russian Central Election Commission on January 21, 2008. In January 2008, Medvedev launched his presidential campaign with stops in the regions. In his first speech since he was endorsed, Medvedev announced that, as president, he would appoint Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister to head the Russian government. Although constitutionally barred from a third consecutive presidential term, such a role would allow Putin to continue as an influential figure in Russian politics Putin pledged that he would accept the position of prime minister should Medvedev be elected president. Election posters portrayed the pair side by side with the slogan "Together we will win" ("Вместе победим"). During the pre election debates on the Star TV on February 20, Nikolai Gotsa, a representative of Bogdanov, accused Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his party of lying to and betraying their supporters. He accused them of voting in favor of government initiatives they criticize when in public. Zhirinovsky replied fiercely, insulting Gotsa and calling him a "sick man, a schizoid", "bastard", and punched him when they went off the cameras. Bogdanov and Gotsa launched a legal issue against Zhirinovsky. On February 28, in another debate, Bogdanov claimed he had a personal talk with Zhirinovsky, and that the latter had threatened his life and demanded to withdraw the issue. Opinion polls
According to opinion polls taken prior to the election, up to 82% of people said that they would vote for Dmitry Medvedev, the candidate endorsed by Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor. The second most popular candidate was Gennady Zuganov, Leader of the Communist Party of Russia, who was expected to receive between 6% and 15% of the vote. An opinion poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center, taken in September after Vladimir Putin announced he would head the electoral list of United Russia in the 2007 parliamentary elections, showed a commanding lead for Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev, with 34% and 30% of the vote respectively. Viktor Zubkov and Sergei Glazyev received only 4% of the vote each. Conduct
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in its capacity as an international election standards watchdog, refused to monitor the election because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. After weeks of negotiations, Russia agreed to increase the observer numbers for the ODIHR mission and extend the time frame for its visit, but the ODIHR claimed that the offer still didn't meet their requirements, insisting that it needed to send at least 50 of its observers to Russia on February 15, five days before the date proposed by Moscow, in order to effectively monitor the election campaign. Russia responded by insisting that it was complying fully with its international obligations and that its invitation for 400 monitors meets international standards. It accused the OSCE of attempting to politicize the dispute and that it suspected ODIHR's intention from the outset was to boycott the election, saying that the ODIHR had displayed "contempt for basic ethical norms which, it seems, indicates that ODIHR from the start was not even trying to agree on mutually acceptable conditions for monitoring." Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin, said "The ODIHR flatly rejected a compromise without providing any clear explanations for its position. We believe such actions are unacceptable." Kamynin added that Moscow "deeply regretted" the OSCE refusal, accusing the organization, which he said generally sends 10 20 experts to observe election campaigns one or two weeks ahead of polls, of political bias against Russia. An incident arose during the election when three out of nine members of the Biysk Electoral Commission refused to sign the protocols citing widespread falsifications in their Priobsky Division. The rest of commission decided to approve the protocols as the alleged abuse was not reported during the election. The European election monitoring group PACE characterized the election as "neither free nor fair." The Commonwealth of Independent States observer mission said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. Observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation said the election was free, fair and in line with international standards. An observing group from Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the result of the election was a "reflection of the will of an electorate whose democratic potential was, unfortunately, not tapped". They said "In the elections, which had more the character of a plebiscite on the last eight years in this country, the people of Russia voted for the stability and continuity associated with the incumbent President and the candidate promoted by him. The President elect will have a solid mandate given to him by the majority of Russians." The head of Russia's electoral commission Vladimir Churov said that media coverage for the presidential election had been "fair but not equal". The Economist reported that Medvedev has been mentioned over six times more often than his three rivals in 1,000 different news sources, according to figures from SCAN, a media database owned by Interfax, but stated that this could be due to Medvedev's high profile job as chairman of the state owned gas monopoly, Gazprom. A report by the International Herald Tribune described Medvedev's election as "the culmination of Putin's efforts to consolidate control over the government, business and the news media since taking office eight years ago." Russian Novaya Gazeta'' claimed that there were forged election protocols and cases when independent observers were not allowed to monitor the election process. Journalist Victor Shenderovich claims that only 3.5% of voters came to the elections in certain North Caucasus regions according to independent observers, whereas the Central Election committee reports more than 90% turnaround.
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Медведевті Аграрлық партия, Әділ Ресей, Ресейлік экологиялық партия "Жасылдар" және Азаматтық күш те қолдады, бірақ ол ресми түрде "Біріккен Ресей" партиясының кандидат ретінде тіркелді.
Medvedev was also endorsed by Agrarian Party, Fair Russia, Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" and Civilian Power, but was officially nominated as a United Russia candidate.
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Федеральный субъектМедведевЗюгановЖириновскийБогданов#%#%#%#%Адыгея151,44169.7746,68621.5115,0926.951,8610.86Алтайский край736,57860.35284,15923.28170,21413.9513,9301.14Алтайская Республика80,463 73.8217,20615.797,9378.201,1231.03Амурская область287,525 63.6279,32919.7663,97214.155,0661.12Архангельская область417,355 66.98116,98118.7772,47211.6310,4751.68Астраханская область380,35075.2887,34517.2929,2985.803,7800.75Башкортостан2,315,46788.01208,6797.9375,5002.8715,8590.60Белгородская область638,06868.96200,17021.6463,1236.828,8630.96Брянская область405,81961.82179,51027.3456,4098.596,5610.99Бурятия342,73670.8489,31518.4640,1108.295,0071.03Чечня474,77888.7011,7232.1943,6178.154,5330.85Челябинская область1,214,02865.63374,06620.22209,10611.3028,4431.54Чукотский автономный округ26,18081.412,3067.172,8258.784031.25Чувашия466,17066.48158,27022.5756,0217.997,0641.01Дагестан1,190,97491.9293,8737.246,3510.491,9750.15Ингушетия140,44291.662,2581.4710,2576.691650.11Ивановская область302,96364.9294,04920.1557,26312.276,8771.47Иркутская область738,79361.24263,21721.82169,50714.0519,8541.65Еврейская автономная область61,58767.3918,17019.889,1029.961,0481.15Калининградская область269,25762.09100,66723.2150,59911.676,9971.61Кабардино-Балкария421,55188.8041,0758.6510,7872.277570.16Калмыкия102,40771.5631,90822.305,9264.141,3800.96Калужская область352,44665.54117,31821.8253,2359.907,4941.39Камчатский край106,08569.3922,67914.8319,74812.922,3091.51Карачаево-Черкесия252,19790.3522,1047.923,5811.285230.19Карелия211,67067.2554,39817.2839,42012.525,4741.74Кемеровская область1,212,87370.51145,4018.45258,54715.0347,3042.75Хабаровский край499,29164.12141,19118.13110,30614.1715,7562.02Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ528,49966.68114,77914.48126,23515.9312,7141.60Хакасия147,20860.4755,46922.7933,75013.863,6141.47Кировская область608,71376.29112,99114.1657,8797.257,8300.98Коми Республика385,44771.7479,45114.7959,60111.096,7701.26Костромская область226,36162.4482,38022.7245,71312.614,6931.29Краснодарский край2,332,58175.06522,72516.82185,6835.9725,7710.83Красноярский край814,84262.47268,93820.62183,47614.0718,8811.14Курганская область319,48264.93101,56920.6452,14712.635,1491.05Курская область407,23264.27138,25621.8274,19211.716,4471.02Ленинградская область556,25070.19142,09817.9374,6620.4210,6511.34Липецкая область482,21065.84159,57521.7870,13021.798,9521.22Магаданская область53,87063.0717,16820.1011,84113.861,3041.53Марий Эл329,25777.2261,49714.4226,6436.254,1530.97Мордовия551,38290.3141,4736.7912,8142.101,5410.25Московская область2,654,10870.41678,74618.01320,2438.5054,5251.45Москва3,285,99071.52756,93616.48347,3297.5693,7142.04Мурманская область302,75765.2684,63818.2462,02913.378,4061.81Ненецкий автономный округ14,61461.544,25717.924,05417.074401.85Нижегородская область1,133,12461.84438,28223.92209,80111.4527,0961.48Северная Осетия-Алания259,91073.3569,18919.5316,3504.612,0070.57Новгородская область210,14565.8164,45920.1836,81311.534,5191.42Новосибирская область823,20161.90326,59124.56143,60610.8019,4791.46Омская область803,18763.04278,54021.86154,31812.1119,3431.52Оренбургская область626,85060.81271,12626.30111,29010.8011,2591.09Орловская область331,46766.38113,67022.7640,6148.134,6900.94Пензенская область331,46771.40158,86219.0454,2096.507,6010.91Пермский край790,26867.30196,12416.70155,39113.2317,7521.51Приморский край620,96863.84191,40119.68129,20513.2815,5261.60Псковская область280,08570.1681,14420.3230,1977.563,6180.91Ростовская область1,772,59576.94351,88915.27141,3536.1419,6850.85Рязанская область364,46060.82145,20724.2372,12312.048,6531.44Санкт-Петербург1,652,52972.27383,49516.77167,8687.3442,5551.86Саха (Якутия)302,06067.7891,50320.5337,7438.477,7011.73Самарская область933,60564.08329,68122.63157,23710.7918,6291.28Саратовская область1,110,00475.62237,55316.2591,0946.2112,0550.82Сахалинская область141,31563.5247,30021.2627,23512.243,7611.69Свердловская область1,432,01068.98273,62913.18302,88714.5934,5881.67Смоленская область319,84259.26132,42724.5471,81713.317,4971.39Ставропольский край827,51764.79295,81323.16127,0039.9413,2971.04Тамбовская область483,11772.51128,76519.3335,8775.385,1040.77Татарстан1,867,92179.24304,78912.93130,8205.5528,9751.23Томская область297,04864.1288,74419.1661,32213.248,9331.93Тульская область585,95867.80177,13320.4977,3828.9510,1401.17Тува118,09189.327,6385.784,1743.167720.58Тверская область519,38067.57147,43419.1883,23410.839,9111.29Тюменская область676,84878.8880,8859.4380,9959.4410,0631.17Удмуртская Республика551,02670.46126,53716.1884,52710.8110,9131.40Ульяновская область443,11566.93141,32621.3560,6909.178,0591.22Владимирская область433,58564.05147,83321.8478,08411.539,5571.41Волгоградская область743,77562.27289,61324.25135,79311.3713,2351.11Вологодская область451,22068.54105,31916.0284,55412.869,6221.46Воронежская область886,36266.27301,96322.58119,7288.9512,6420.95Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ268,75583.8623,1747.2323,6867.392,7800.87Ярославская область404,56663.58131,36820.6479,76912.5410,2211.61Забайкальский край375,40765.8198,95817.3584,15114.755,8011.02ДругиеБайконур (Казахстан)10,04979.221,2559.891,1298.901331.05Голосование экспатриантов283,29885.8024,9327.5514,6954.453,7361.13Источник: ЦИК
Federal subjectMedvedevZyuganovZhirinovskyBogdanov#%#%#%#%Adygea151,44169.7746,68621.5115,0926.951,8610.86Altai Krai736,57860.35284,15923.28170,21413.9513,9301.14Altai Republic80,463 73.8217,20615.797,9378.201,1231.03Amur Oblast287,525 63.6279,32919.7663,97214.155,0661.12Arkhangelsk Oblast417,355 66.98116,98118.7772,47211.6310,4751.68Astrakhan Oblast380,35075.2887,34517.2929,2985.803,7800.75Bashkortostan2,315,46788.01208,6797.9375,5002.8715,8590.60Belgorod Oblast638,06868.96200,17021.6463,1236.828,8630.96Bryansk Oblast405,81961.82179,51027.3456,4098.596,5610.99Buryatia342,73670.8489,31518.4640,1108.295,0071.03Chechnya474,77888.7011,7232.1943,6178.154,5330.85Chelyabinsk Oblast1,214,02865.63374,06620.22209,10611.3028,4431.54Chukotka Autonomous Okrug26,18081.412,3067.172,8258.784031.25Chuvashia466,17066.48158,27022.5756,0217.997,0641.01Dagestan1,190,97491.9293,8737.246,3510.491,9750.15Ingushetia140,44291.662,2581.4710,2576.691650.11Ivanovo Oblast302,96364.9294,04920.1557,26312.276,8771.47Irkutsk Oblast738,79361.24263,21721.82169,50714.0519,8541.65Jewish Autonomous Oblast61,58767.3918,17019.889,1029.961,0481.15Kaliningrad Oblast269,25762.09100,66723.2150,59911.676,9971.61Kabardino Balkaria421,55188.8041,0758.6510,7872.277570.16Kalmykia102,40771.5631,90822.305,9264.141,3800.96Kaluga Oblast352,44665.54117,31821.8253,2359.907,4941.39Kamchatka Krai106,08569.3922,67914.8319,74812.922,3091.51Karachay Cherkessia252,19790.3522,1047.923,5811.285230.19Karelia211,67067.2554,39817.2839,42012.525,4741.74Kemerovo Oblast1,212,87370.51145,4018.45258,54715.0347,3042.75Khabarovsk Krai499,29164.12141,19118.13110,30614.1715,7562.02Khanty Mansi Autonomous Area528,49966.68114,77914.48126,23515.9312,7141.60Khakassia147,20860.4755,46922.7933,75013.863,6141.47Kirov Oblast608,71376.29112,99114.1657,8797.257,8300.98Komi Republic385,44771.7479,45114.7959,60111.096,7701.26Kostroma Oblast226,36162.4482,38022.7245,71312.614,6931.29Krasnodar Krai2,332,58175.06522,72516.82185,6835.9725,7710.83Krasnoyarsk Krai814,84262.47268,93820.62183,47614.0718,8811.14Kurgan Oblast319,48264.93101,56920.6452,14712.635,1491.05Kursk Oblast407,23264.27138,25621.8274,19211.716,4471.02Leningrad Oblast556,25070.19142,09817.9374,6620.4210,6511.34Lipetsk Oblast482,21065.84159,57521.7870,13021.798,9521.22Magadan Oblast53,87063.0717,16820.1011,84113.861,3041.53Mari El329,25777.2261,49714.4226,6436.254,1530.97Mordovia551,38290.3141,4736.7912,8142.101,5410.25Moscow Oblast2,654,10870.41678,74618.01320,2438.5054,5251.45Moscow3,285,99071.52756,93616.48347,3297.5693,7142.04Murmansk Oblast302,75765.2684,63818.2462,02913.378,4061.81Nenets Autonomous Okrug14,61461.544,25717.924,05417.074401.85Nizhny Novgorod Oblast1,133,12461.84438,28223.92209,80111.4527,0961.48North Ossetia Alania259,91073.3569,18919.5316,3504.612,0070.57Novgorod Oblast210,14565.8164,45920.1836,81311.534,5191.42Novosibirsk Oblast823,20161.90326,59124.56143,60610.8019,4791.46Omsk Oblast803,18763.04278,54021.86154,31812.1119,3431.52Orenburg Oblast626,85060.81271,12626.30111,29010.8011,2591.09Oryol Oblast331,46766.38113,67022.7640,6148.134,6900.94Penza Oblast331,46771.40158,86219.0454,2096.507,6010.91Perm Krai790,26867.30196,12416.70155,39113.2317,7521.51Primorsky Krai620,96863.84191,40119.68129,20513.2815,5261.60Pskov Oblast280,08570.1681,14420.3230,1977.563,6180.91Rostov Oblast1,772,59576.94351,88915.27141,3536.1419,6850.85Ryazan Oblast364,46060.82145,20724.2372,12312.048,6531.44Saint Petersburg1,652,52972.27383,49516.77167,8687.3442,5551.86Sakha Republic302,06067.7891,50320.5337,7438.477,7011.73Samara Oblast933,60564.08329,68122.63157,23710.7918,6291.28Saratov Oblast1,110,00475.62237,55316.2591,0946.2112,0550.82Sakhalin Oblast141,31563.5247,30021.2627,23512.243,7611.69Sverdlovsk Oblast1,432,01068.98273,62913.18302,88714.5934,5881.67Smolensk Oblast319,84259.26132,42724.5471,81713.317,4971.39Stavropol Krai827,51764.79295,81323.16127,0039.9413,2971.04Tambov Oblast483,11772.51128,76519.3335,8775.385,1040.77Tatarstan1,867,92179.24304,78912.93130,8205.5528,9751.23Tomsk Oblast297,04864.1288,74419.1661,32213.248,9331.93Tula Oblast585,95867.80177,13320.4977,3828.9510,1401.17Tuva118,09189.327,6385.784,1743.167720.58Tver Oblast519,38067.57147,43419.1883,23410.839,9111.29Tyumen Oblast676,84878.8880,8859.4380,9959.4410,0631.17Udmurtia551,02670.46126,53716.1884,52710.8110,9131.40Ulyanovsk Oblast443,11566.93141,32621.3560,6909.178,0591.22Vladimir Oblast433,58564.05147,83321.8478,08411.539,5571.41Volgograd Oblast743,77562.27289,61324.25135,79311.3713,2351.11Vologda Oblast451,22068.54105,31916.0284,55412.869,6221.46Voronezh Oblast886,36266.27301,96322.58119,7288.9512,6420.95Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug268,75583.8623,1747.2323,6867.392,7800.87Yaroslavl Oblast404,56663.58131,36820.6479,76912.5410,2211.61Zabaykalsky Krai375,40765.8198,95817.3584,15114.755,8011.02OtherBaikonur (Kazakhstan)10,04979.221,2559.891,1298.901331.05Expatriate voting283,29885.8024,9327.5514,6954.453,7361.13Source: CEC
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According to Russia Today, many in the Western media portrayed Russia's presidential election as nothing but a farce. It reported that the claims of rigging the election were not supported by the various international election monitoring organizations in attendance. Political analyst and United Russia member, Sergei Markov, said that the outcome of this poll was predetermined because of how much support the Russian people show for Vladimir Putin's policies. "The Russian people have seen how successful these policies have been, and they want them to continue", he says. Markov cited fears that the West would interfere and change the course of the election, like they did in Ukraine and Georgia.