Fun stories about the Kremlin race

On December 31, 1999, President Boris Yeltsin suddenly resigned so that the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could take over the presidency.

Presidential institutions were established in the Russian Federation in 1991 and had six presidential elections in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Only once, in 1996, the Presidential election Russia must organize the second round.

In 1991, the President's term was 5 years, after which the law was amended and the President's term from 1996 to 4 years.

The next step to amend the law, effective from December 31, 2008, stipulates the President's term since 2012 is 6 years.

There have been joint-venture couples like in the US

The presidential election of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (this institution existed until December 26, 1991) for the first time on June 12, 1991. It was the only time there were pairs of nominees: President and Vice President.

The Russian Central Election Commission (SIK) registered 6 pairs of candidates. President of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSS, since 1992 is the Russian Liberal Democratic Party - LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovski is associated with Andrey Zavidia, President of the "Galand" Corporation (running for Vice President).

Vadim Bakatin, Member of the Soviet Security Council, former Soviet Minister of Interior, a partnership with Vice President Ramazan Abdulatipov, Chairman of the Russian Council of the Supreme Soviet.

Boris Yeltsin, Russia's President of the Supreme Soviet, ran for a match with Colonel Alexandr Rutskoi, Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet Committee, leader of the delegate of "Communists for democracy".

General Albert Makashov, Commander of the Uranian-Military Zone, Soviet people's representative, along with Alexei Sergeev, Head of the Department of the Institute of Labor and Social Relations.

President of the Soviet Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovski.

Former Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov is in partnership with General Boris Gromov, First Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Soviet Union, and a representative of the Soviet Union.

Aman Tuleyev, President of the Soviet People's Congress of Kemerovo Province, along with Viktor Bocharov, supervisor at the "Kuzbasshakhtostroi" Complex Enterprise . That year, except for LDPSS leader Vladimir Zhirinovski, the remaining candidates collected enough 100,000 signatures to support voters.

As a candidate for a political party, Vladimir Zhirinovski needs to vote for at least one-fifth of the Soviet Union's Soviet Union delegates in order to be eligible to register for election.

On May 22, 1991, at the IV Congress of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Russia, 477 of the 930 delegates voted in favor, 417 people voted against, 36 votes abstained and Vladimir Zhirinovski was awarded Get the presidential candidate.

That year Boris Yeltsin elected Russian President with 57.30% of the vote. Ranked second is Nikolai Ryzhkov, the third is Vladimir Zhirinovski. There are 1,525,410 voters bricking all candidates (1.92%).

Former President of the Soviet Union ran for President of Russia

The 1996 Russian presidential election had two remarkable points: the second round to win and the former Soviet first President Mikhail Gorbachev joined the race in hopes of returning to the Kremlin!

This politician ran as the "Gorbachev Foundation" President .

At this time Russia canceled the title of Vice President because this institution almost caused a disaster for the country. Since the end of 1992, together with Russia's comprehensive and severe crisis, the conflict between political forces has been very tense, especially between the left and the factions surrounding President Yeltsin.

Between Boris Yeltsin and Vice President A. Rutskoi, there has been a deepening conflict over the fierce conflict between Yeltsin's executive government and the majority in the Russian parliament.

Russia canceled the title of Vice President because this institution almost caused a disaster for the country.(Photo: Ridus).

In October 1993, President Yeltsin ordered the tank army to fire artillery on the Parliament building to force Vice President A. Rutskoi and the anti-Yeltsin majority to be entrenched in the building.

With that strong measure, Mr. Yeltsin neutralized the floating part of the tense political confrontation and approved the draft of a new Constitution in a referendum.

But the prestige of President Yeltsin in Russian society has wavered seriously. Boris Yeltsin returned to the first round of the elections on June 16, 1996, but only reached 35.28% of the votes.

In second place was the Chairman of the Russian Communist Party Gennady Ziuganov (32.03%), the third was General Alexandr Lebed, Russian Duma delegate (14.52%), the remaining 7 candidates only achieved low votes. .

The election must hold the second round of July 3, 1996 for voters to choose between the current President and the Russian Communist Party leader with completely opposite policies and policies.

At this time Yeltsin achieved "strategic agreement" with Alexandr Lebed by promising to give this ambitious general an important position in government. Thus, in the second round, Yeltsin was re-elected with 53.82% of the votes while Gennady Ziuganov achieved 40.31%.

Mr. Yeltsin danced with the youth in the second round of the 1996 campaign.

Election before the deadline and female candidates first

In 2000, the presidential election is scheduled for July 9. But on December 31, 1999, President Boris Yeltsin suddenly resigned so that the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could take over the presidency.

And the election was pushed up earlier, on March 26, 2000. This is the race for the Kremlin to have the most candidates: 11 people. Many of them are "old" faces like Vladimir Zhirinovski, Gennady Ziuganov, Grigori Yavlinski - Yabloko Party leader .

Among the 11 candidates, Ella Pamfilova, was nominated by the "Citizens of Honor" movement - a social organization that coordinates the activities of NGOs for children -.

Ella Pamfilova is the one holding the Russian presidential election process in 2018 - the Chairman of the Central Election Commission. 18 years ago, she was the first woman to run for Russian President!

Ella Pamfilova, born in 1953, is a famous politician and social activist in Russia.

She served as Minister of Social Security for the people of the Government of the Prime Ministers E. Gaidar and V. Chernomyrdin (1991-1994), the National Duma delegate (1994-1999), Chairman of the Human Rights Commission. directly under the President of Russia (2002-2004), Chairman of the Council directly under the Russian President on the issue of supporting the development of civil society and human rights institutions (2004-2010), representative of all rights people in Russia (2014-2016). She holds the position of Chairman of the Russian Central Election Committee from March 28, 2016 to the present.

Ella Pamfilova in President Putin's work in 2001.

Mr. Putin nominated himself for the third time

For President Vladimir Putin, this is the fourth presidential election. His candidacy as a liberal candidate has been spelled out by the government and public comment. But this is not the first time Mr. Putin self-nominated.

In 2000, being Acting President, Vladimir Putin ran for the first time. In 2004, he re-election. In 2012, Vladimir Putin was nominated by the "United Russia" Party. Vladimir Putin won the election three times in the first round: in 2000 with 53% of the votes, in 2004 with 71.3% and in 2012 was 63.6%.

With a term as Prime Minister (2008-2012) - the second highest power position in Russia, Putin steered the Aries Land ship for 18 years. During that time, he made more than 500 domestic business trips and traveled to more than 70 countries around the world.

There are many titles that people give to Vladimir Putin, but perhaps the title "Active leader" is the best! Russia is so big, but one day Mr. Putin visited work in many places.

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He once rode a jet fighter to Chechnya, slept overnight on a submarine in the sea, dived as deep as an archaeologist . Every year he organized press conferences, online exchanges with people. people last for several hours . All to contact with all walks of life, capture all issues, share and convey their opinions .

Becoming a President at 46 years old, if he was elected fourth and held Russia's highest leadership until 2024, Vladimir Putin would then be 72 years old. That is approximately a quarter of a century. He was a "boatman" in Russia.