Vladimir Putin is the third registered presidential candidate

[Balu]

Putin got his dictator training in the KGB. (1)

Counting is counting. Whether your honest about the tally or not is another issue entirely. (2)

1. To have a slightest idea about "training" I would recommend you to read "Aquarium" authored by Suvorov, former Soviet intelligence officer-defector. It was published in English. Surely you'll like it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquarium-Vi.../dp/0586068791
2. This is a wrong approach, which leave the possibility for falsification. You'd better take an interested how the counting is really organized during elections. And you will see that it is very reliable system, leaving no chance for tricks.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

1. To have a slightest idea about "training" I would recommend you to read "Aquarium" authored by Suvorov, former Soviet intelligence officer-defector. It was published in English. Surely you'll like it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquarium-Vi.../dp/0586068791
2. This is a wrong approach, which leave the possibility for falsification. You'd better take an interested how the counting is really organized during elections. And you will see that it is very reliable system, leaving no chance for tricks.

Ever hear of "BAGHDAD BOB?"

Sorry to say but, you sound just like him.

Furthermore, I'm not interested in reading any Russian propaganda.

[Balu]

Ever hear of "BAGHDAD BOB?"

Sorry to say but, you sound just like him.

Furthermore, I'm not interested in reading any Russian propaganda.

Iraqi Minister of Information.

OK,
I understand and remember that a rendezvous with Russian Ambassador is treated in your State as a fact of espionage for Russians. We had the same in 30-s. So, bye. I don't want to ruin your life and life of yours.

[aboutime]

1. To have a slightest idea about "training" I would recommend you to read "Aquarium" authored by Suvorov, former Soviet intelligence officer-defector. It was published in English. Surely you'll like it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquarium-Vi.../dp/0586068791
2. This is a wrong approach, which leave the possibility for falsification. You'd better take an interested how the counting is really organized during elections. And you will see that it is very reliable system, leaving no chance for tricks.

YOU ARE CORRECT Balu. A reliable system, run, and organized by Putin, without any chance of Tricks, or Falsification....GUARANTEE'S.......A PUTIN WIN!

[Balu]

Russian presidential candidates to start debates on February 26 — election authority

Russian Politics & Diplomacy
February 14, 3:31 UTC+3 MOSCOW
The drawing procedure to allot screen time on state TV and radio channels among candidates and their parties was held on Tuesday

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MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. The candidates in the upcoming presidential election in Russia will start their TV and radio debates on Monday, February 26, the chairperson of Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Tuesday.
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Russia's Central Election Commission wraps up registration of presidential candidates



The drawing procedure to allot screen time on state TV and radio channels among candidates and their parties was held on Tuesday. The election campaign will kick off on February 17, or 28 days before the vote, and will end on March 17, the day of silence.
CEC chair Ella Pamfilova said that the pre-election week will have the most intense schedule of televised debates.

"The last day of televised debates will be Thursday, March 15, because the day of silence will begin in the east of the country nine hours before it kicks off in Moscow," she said.

Five federal state TV channels (Rossiya-1, Rossiya-24, Channel One, TV Tsentr and Public Television of Russia (OTR)) and three nationwide radio networks (Radio of Russia, Mayak and Vesti FM) are to provide presidential candidates with free broadcasting time. The candidates who have applied to take part in the debates are obliged to attend them at all TV and radio channels in person.

According to CEC secretary Maya Grishina, a total of seven candidates who have applied to take part in the debates.

"All the seven candidates, who had applied to take part in discussions, will appear jointly in every TV broadcast by any Russian public channel," she said, adding that each radio debate will feature three or four candidates.

The seven candidates who are to enter public debate are Sergei Baburin (Russian All-People’s Union), CEO of Lenin State Farm agricultural company Pavel Grudinin (nominated by the Communist Party of Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia), TV host and journalist Ksenia Sobchak (nominated by the Civil Initiative party), Suraikin Maxim (Communists of Russia), business ombudsman and head of the Party of Growth Boris Titov and Grigory Yavlinsky, a co-founder of the Yabloko Party.




More:
http://tass.com/politics/989912

P.S.
I am to remind that EIGHT candidates will participate in these elections.

[aboutime]

Russian presidential candidates to start debates on February 26 — election authority

Russian Politics & Diplomacy
February 14, 3:31 UTC+3 MOSCOW
The drawing procedure to allot screen time on state TV and radio channels among candidates and their parties was held on Tuesday

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© Sergei Malgavko/TASS

MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. The candidates in the upcoming presidential election in Russia will start their TV and radio debates on Monday, February 26, the chairperson of Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Tuesday.
Read also
Russia's Central Election Commission wraps up registration of presidential candidates



The drawing procedure to allot screen time on state TV and radio channels among candidates and their parties was held on Tuesday. The election campaign will kick off on February 17, or 28 days before the vote, and will end on March 17, the day of silence.
CEC chair Ella Pamfilova said that the pre-election week will have the most intense schedule of televised debates.

"The last day of televised debates will be Thursday, March 15, because the day of silence will begin in the east of the country nine hours before it kicks off in Moscow," she said.

Five federal state TV channels (Rossiya-1, Rossiya-24, Channel One, TV Tsentr and Public Television of Russia (OTR)) and three nationwide radio networks (Radio of Russia, Mayak and Vesti FM) are to provide presidential candidates with free broadcasting time. The candidates who have applied to take part in the debates are obliged to attend them at all TV and radio channels in person.

According to CEC secretary Maya Grishina, a total of seven candidates who have applied to take part in the debates.

"All the seven candidates, who had applied to take part in discussions, will appear jointly in every TV broadcast by any Russian public channel," she said, adding that each radio debate will feature three or four candidates.

The seven candidates who are to enter public debate are Sergei Baburin (Russian All-People’s Union), CEO of Lenin State Farm agricultural company Pavel Grudinin (nominated by the Communist Party of Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia), TV host and journalist Ksenia Sobchak (nominated by the Civil Initiative party), Suraikin Maxim (Communists of Russia), business ombudsman and head of the Party of Growth Boris Titov and Grigory Yavlinsky, a co-founder of the Yabloko Party.




More:
http://tass.com/politics/989912

P.S.
I am to remind that EIGHT candidates will participate in these elections.

Balu. How about this? Let's just wait and see how ACCURATE your propaganda really is?
Everything you have presented here...IN MY OPINION....Is wasted time on your part.

If Putin doesn't win. I will apologize to you here on DP.

However....based on past experience, and history. Let's just see who is right. o

NEWS SEP 18 2016, 8:50 AM ET
Russia Elections: Three Ways Putin Gets the Results He Wants
by ALEXEY EREMENKO
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/r...-wants-n648701

[Balu]

Meet the 7 candidates running against Vladimir Putin in Russia's presidential election


Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press


Feb. 8, 2018, 9:53 AM
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• Russia will hold its presidential election on March 18.
• There are officially eight registered candidates, including President Vladimir Putin.
• But Putin's opponents have little chance of ousting the longtime Russian leader, who remains popular and maintains a tight grip on power.

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's election officials have registered eight candidates for the March 18 presidential election, including President Vladimir Putin.
With his approval ratings topping 80 percent and rivals trailing far behind, Putin is set to easily win a fourth term. Putin's most vocal critic, the 41-year-old opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been barred from the race due to a criminal conviction that he calls politically motivated.
Here is a quick look at the Russian presidential candidates.

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Vladimir Putin




Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Associated Press/Alexander Zemlianichenko
The 65-year-old Russian leader served two four-year presidential terms in 2000-2008 before shifting into the prime minister's seat due to term limits. Putin continued calling the shots during the next four years as his longtime associate Dmitry Medvedev served as Russia's president. Before stepping down to let Putin reclaim the top job in 2012, Medvedev initiated constitutional changes that extended the presidential term to six years.
A Putin victory in March would put him on track to become Russia's longest-serving leader since Josef Stalin. The legal limit of two consecutive presidential terms means that Putin won't be able to run again in 2024, but many observers expect him to continue playing the top role in Russian politics even after that.



2/8
Ksenia Sobchak


Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak attends the Russian opposition party Civil Initiative’s congress, for a presidential candidate nomination in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2017. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
The 36-year-old star TV host casts herself as a choice for those who have grown tired of Putin and his familiar challengers and want liberal changes. The daughter of Putin's one-time patron, the late reformist mayor of St. Petersburg, she has assailed the Kremlin's policies but largely avoided personal criticism of Putin.
Observers believe that Sobchak's involvement in the race will help combat voter apathy and boost turnout to make Putin's victory look more impressive. Some think she also could help the Kremlin counter Navalny's calls to boycott the presidential vote and could split the ranks of the liberal opposition. Sobchak has denied being in collusion with the Kremlin.

3/8
Pavel Grudinin




Candidate in the upcoming presidential election, Pavel Grudinin, nominated by the Russian Communist Party, speaks during a news conference at the Lenin State Farm outside Moscow, Russia January 26, 2018. Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
The 57-year-old millionaire strawberry farm director has been nominated by the Communist Party, but he's openly proud of his wealth and rejects basic Communist dogmas.
Until 2010, Grudinin was a member of the main Kremlin party, United Russia. He has been openly critical of Russia's current political and economic system, but avoided criticizing Putin. His nomination has been seen as an attempt by the Communists to broaden the party's appeal beyond aging voters nostalgic for the Soviet Union.

4/8
Vladimir Zhirinovsky




Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky poses on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 34th Moscow international film festival in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 30, 2012. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
The 71-year-old leader of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party has won notoriety for his xenophobic statements. This will be the sixth time he has run for president. While Zhirinovsky has catered to nationalist voters with his fiery populist rhetoric, he has steadfastly supported Putin and his party in parliament has invariably voted in line with the Kremlin's wishes. He won 6 percent of the presidential vote in 2012.

5/8
Grigory Yavlinsky




Presidential candidate and Leader of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
The 65-year-old liberal economic expert ran against Putin in the 2000 election, garnering about 6 percent of the vote. Yavlinsky has denounced the Kremlin's policies and frequently criticized Putin, calling for more political freedoms and a more liberal economic course. His support base is a relatively small number of middle-aged and elderly liberal-minded voters in big Russian cities.

6/8
Boris Titov



Russian Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov in 2015. Grigory Dukor/Reuters
Putin's 57-year-old business ombudsman is running for president for the first time, nominated by a pro-business party. Before becoming an advocate for business, Titov had a successful career dealing in chemicals and fertilizers. His platform has focused on creating a more favorable business environment.

7/8
Sergei Baburin



Sergei Baburin, Russian nationalist lawmaker addresses an ultranationalist rally marking the Day of People's Unity in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 4, 2006. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
The 59-year-old legal expert played a prominent role in Russian politics in the 1990s, opposing the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union and becoming one of the leaders of a parliament rebellion against President Boris Yeltsin in 1993. He spent several stints in parliament and served as a deputy speaker of the lower house in the 1990s and the 2000s. After failing to make it to parliament in 2007, he left politics and served as the rector of a Moscow university. He has been nominated for the presidential race by a fringe nationalist party.

8/8
Maxim Suraikin



Communists of Russia Party leader Maxim Suraikin (left) stands next to Head of Russian Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova in Moscow, Russia February 8, 2018. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
The 39-year-old has been nominated by the Communists of Russia, a fringe group that casts itself as an alternative to the main Communist Party. He was trained as an engineer and ran a small computer business. In 2014, Suraikin ran for governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, getting about 2 percent of the vote.

P.S.
The goal of all my posts in this thread is to acquaint you with our political system and life, the majority of you have no clue of, on the example of the forthcoming presidential elections. Hope it will let you think and compare.

[Balu]

Russian election chief warns of fake news blitz and incitement at presidential polls

Russian Politics & Diplomacy
February 20, 14:53 UTC+3 MOSCOW
Russia’s Central Election Commission chief warns attempts will be on the rise to discredit the upcoming Russian presidential election and provocations may be staged at ballot stations.


© Alexandr Sherbak/TASS

MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova told TASS in an interview that attempts will be on the rise to discredit the upcoming Russian presidential election and provocations may be staged at ballot stations.
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"It should be also noted that given the current climate, when not a single day passes without Russia getting accused of everything bad under the sun, a wave of discrediting the election will mount. Huge resources will be shelled out by those who find it necessary to weaken our country at any price," Pamfilova warned.
Among the tools that are anticipated to smear the election are fabricating and disseminating fake news about alleged violations, particularly through social networks, she pointed out. "This is done to cook up negative information so that so-called independent experts could use to draw conclusions about ‘mass violations.’"
Various provocations are being hatched, which will be carried out at voting stations, going even as far as damaging ballots, Pamfilova warned, stressing: "I want to send a warning that we will be ready to take on any provocateurs at full throttle to sharply resist [these attempts] and fully stave them off."
The Russian Central Election Commission regards observers working during the election campaign as allies of the election system and its "supplementary reserve" in the struggle for a fair election.
"There is a derived rule: the more public observers there are at the polls, the fewer technical and intentional mistakes in the election process, vote counting and formalization of final protocols there will be. This is why we and our colleagues are paying so much attention to bolstering and developing a public monitoring body," Pamfilova noted.
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"The observers are our allies and a supplementary reserve in the fight for a fair election, just like the mass media, by the way," the election commission chief assured.
She said that "the parties’ maturity and competence are now assessed with regard to reporters and the ability to attract a great number of observers for work at the election.
Apart from observers sent by the parties and candidates, representatives from the federal and regional civic chambers will also be working at the Russian presidential election for the first time. The Russian presidential election is scheduled to be held on March 18.

More:
http://tass.com/politics/990871

[CSM]

As most of you are aware, Balu is not my favorite member here. That being said, I do think the Russian political scene has changed quite a bit and that many Russian citizens believe in their electoral process. Think about it.... many US citizens still believe in our electoral process despite the alleged and sometimes proven shenanigans. I'll give Balu the benefit of the doubt on this one right up until shown that something underhanded took place.

[Balu]

Presidential candidate Sobchak says core of her political movement is shaped

Russian Politics & Diplomacy
February 20, 22:08 UTC+3 MOSCOW
The presidential candidate reiterated that 150,000 signatures had been collected in her favor


Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak

© Artyom Geodakyan/TASS

MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. TV host and journalist Ksenia Sobchak, nominated to run for Russia’s president by the Civil Initiative Party, has said the collection of signatures in her support has helped shape the core of her new political movement.
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"We have shaped the core of our true allies, true activists in the regions who want a political future, who want changes. We will continue working with these people (who were collecting signatures), creating a broad political movement, whose form it is yet premature to discuss," Sobchak told a news conference at TASS on Tuesday. She pledged she will make every possible effort to see this movement created.
Sobchak said she dreams of life in politics. "Yes, of course I dream of committing myself to political activity," she said in reply to reporters’ queries about her plans.
The presidential candidate reiterated that 150,000 signatures had been collected in her favor, out of which 105,000 "clean and spotless" went to the Central Election Commission.
She also presented the main sponsors of her campaign who "have agreed to be identified". "We will not discuss who has invested what, as the process is still underway, donations keep coming, and full official reports will be issued later," the candidate said.
Among the sponsors of her campaign, she named the publisher of the American magazine Inc. in Russia, Vladimir Palikhata, director general of the logistics transport company ‘Onego Shipping’ Alexander Roslyakov, Yota Devices founder Sergey Adonyev. Other sponsors are co-owner of the network fitness clubs Sport Life Vadim Raskovalov and his wife Yana, former deputy director of the Federal Tax Police Service Anatoly Tsybulsky and publisher of Forbes in Russia Alexander Fedotov.
Sobchak said all information about donations to her election campaign will be made public by the Central Election Commission ‘in accordance with the law".
A total of eight people - one independent contender and seven candidates nominated by political parties - have been granted the right to stand in the election.
The candidates’ names will be listed on the ballot in Russian alphabetical order:
Baburin Sergei (Russian All-People’s Union)
Grudinin Pavel (Communist Party of Russia)
Zhirinovsky Vladimir (LDPR)
Putin Vladimir (independent)
Sobchak Ksenia (Civil Initiative)
Suraikin Maxim (Communists of Russia)
Titov Boris (Party of Growth).

More:
http://tass.com/politics/990960

[Balu]

Russian presidential candidates begin three-week debate marathon

Russian Politics & Diplomacy
February 26, 0:56 UTC+3 MOSCOW
Five federal state-run television channels and three radio stations allocate free airtime for election campaigning



© Vladimir Smirnov/TASS

MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. The pre-election debate period kicks off on Monday in Russia three weeks before the presidential election. The candidates will have to polemize daily on TV channels and radio stations to attract voters and present their election programs briefly during a limited period of time.
Five federal state-run television channels allocate free airtime for election campaigning - Rossiya 1, Rossiya 24, Channel 1, TV Center, Public Television of Russia - along with three radio stations, which are part of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), namely, Radio Rossii, Mayak and Vesti FM. In conformity with the law, one-third of the airtime is allocated to the political parties that nominated their candidates, while the remaining time is divided into two parts. Half of that time is allocated for the candidates’ ads, and another half - for debates.
According to Russia’s Central Election Commission, it is up to TV channels to determine the format of the electioneering events - discussions, round tables or debates. During the current campaign, the TV channels decided that all candidates would take part in the debates simultaneously.
Since incumbent head of State Vladimir Putin who is running for another presidential term as an independent candidate refused to take part in the debates, viewers will be able to watch the debates between seven candidates: Sergey Baburin (the All-Russia National Union party), Pavel Grudinin (nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation), Vladimir Zhirinovsky from Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Ksenia Sobchak (the Civil Initiative party), Maxim Suraikin (the Communists of Russia), Boris Titov (the Party of Growth) and Grigory Yavlinsky (the Yabloko party).
The media electioneering stage that began on February 17 will end overnight to March 17, the day of silence. The Russian presidential election will be held on March 18.




More:
http://tass.com/politics/991529

[Balu]

"Sky is limit" for China-Russia cooperation: Chinese FM

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers questions from journalists at a news conference on the sidelines of the national legislature's annual session in Beijing on March 8, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua/Li Xin]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday voiced strong confidence in China-Russia relationship, saying "sky is the limit" for bilateral cooperation.
"The China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is as stable as Mount Tai," Wang told a press conference on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
"There is always room to make the relationship even better," said Wang.
The confidence comes from the strong trust and friendship between the heads of state of the two countries, which is fundamental to the further development of the bilateral relationship, he said.
It also comes from the deepening of cooperation in many fields, the firm support for each other's core interests, the close coordination in international affairs, and the growing exchanges between the two sides, said Wang.
Commenting on the upcoming presidential election in Russia, the minister said China believes the Russian people will again make a right choice and advance steadily towards national revitalization.

"The Russian people are resilient, committed, and able to stand pressure," he said, extending best wishes for Russia and the Russian people.

http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/china/9...308/99987.html

[Drummond]

So, as you can see, there are EIGHT (!) candidates to choose from - rather wide choice. They reflect a wide political spectrum of our country. The only criteria for ANY candidate to be elected is to gain the MAJORITY of votes in a campaign, where EVERY voice is counted in favor of EACH candidate. Nobody can argue that only such a system can be called DEMOCRATIC securing that the MAJORITY define those who will rule the State.

Russia advertising itself as a healthy, robust democracy is well known to be a joke, Balu.

Your country could field two candidates. Ten. A hundred. Five hundred. It makes no difference. We all know who the winner will be.

See this ...

http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/Rus...calsystem.html

The Russian political system is one of the more recent to embrace democracy but remains deeply flawed in terms of its democratic credentials, overwhemingly tainted by corruption, and massively influenced by the power and personality of one man, Vladimir Putin.

In March 2012, Putin was re-elected as President on the first ballot in a widely criticised election in which the opposition candidates were weak, the media was compliant, and there were many electoral irregularities. He took office in May 2012 and will serve for six years. Constitutionally Putin could seek one further term and, if elected, would therefore be President until 2024 when he would be 71.

The next presidential election is in March 2018, Putin will definitely stand, and he will certainly be elected.

When ... I say WHEN ... Putin gets elected again, will you apologise for this latest propaganda exercise of yours, Balu ?

Perhaps the nerve agent attack just seen in Salisbury, England, helps to persuade Russians that to oppose him can have VERY unhealthy consequences ? H'mm .... ??

[aboutime]

Which tickets? You ask?



The tickets to the celebration party that PUTIN will invite you to attend. The number of opponents doesn't matter. He'll invite them too! Before they disappear...like our Hillary Clinton leakers????

[Balu]

There is a fuss in the West that the results of presidential elections 2018 in Russia are known. Let us see. Russians have a choice to elect between EIGHT candidates. Elect DIRECTLY, when EVERY individual voice will be counted pro or contra EACH candidates. For us elections are NOT a SHOW, but a serious political moment in the life of our country. Russians are not inclined to trust the highest state post to candidates with experience of clowns, actors or showmen. According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the President of the country besides the rest is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. You can compare yourself a career list of 2 candidates Putin and Sobchak and try to make YOUR choice for YOUR country.

Putin

- June 1991, Chairman of the Committee on External Relations of the City Hall of St. Petersburg and simultaneously - since 1994 - First Deputy Chairman of the Government of St. Petersburg.
- 1996 Deputy Manager of the President of the Russian Federation
- March 1997 Putin becomes deputy head of the Presidential Administration and the head of the Main Control Office of the President of the Russian Federation.
- May 1998 First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation,
- July 1998, the director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, simultaneously - from March 1999 - Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
- August 1999 Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
- 2000-2004 and 2004-2008 - President of RF.
- 2008-2012 - Prime Minister of Russia.
- 2012-2018 - President of Russia.

Sobchak

• Since moving to Moscow, Ksenia Sobchak has been in the media spotlight constantly for one reason or another. She once made news by claiming that diamonds and jewelry worth $600 000 had been stolen from her boyfriend’s apartment.
• While still studying, she did a lingerie photo shoot for the Russian ‘FHM’ magazine. Later, she posed for the cover of the Russian ‘Playboy’ magazine in November 2006, and appeared in a scandalous photo shoot for ‘Maxim’ magazine in June 2007.
• In 2004, she made her film debut in the movie ‘Thieves and Prostitutes’, in which she played an American psychologist who gets intimate with a monk on board the Russian space station. Her popularity skyrocketed after she began hosting the infamous reality TV show ‘Dom-2’ that year, even though she left the show in 2012 as its low-brow content didn’t fit with her interest in opposition politics.
• In 2006, she launched, along with oligarch-widow Oksana Robsky, the perfume 'To Marry a Millionaire'. She also wrote a book on fashion, launched a collection of rubber boots, and hosted radio show on the Russian radio station, Silver Rain.
• In 2007, she had her own reality show on Russian MTV, ‘The Blonde in Chocolate’, which created sort of a controversy for her use of cuss words that were not beeped out properly. The camera also followed her everywhere, whether she took a bath or got drunk.
• During 2008-2010, she continued to host a number of reality shows like ‘Who does NOT want to be a millionaire?’, ‘Last Hero-6’, ‘Sweet life of a blonde’, ‘Myz-TV Awards’, and ‘Two Stars’. As an actress, she appeared as a luxury prostitute in the spoof-comedy ‘The Best Movie’, portrayed Eva Braun in ‘Hitler Kaput!’, and worked in ‘Nobody Knows About Sex 2: No Sex’, ‘Europe-Asia’ and ‘Artefact’.

Ksenia Sobchak made first foray into politics back in 2006 when she launched her own youth movement, ‘All Free’ – to teach young Russians how to be free – even though the endeavor was not successful.

• Following her 30th birthday in 2011, she decided to get involved in politics, and became inclined towards the opposition after numerous reports alleging fraud during parliament elections appeared in the media in early December.
• She subsequently joined protest rallies, campaigned against Putin’s re-election and worked as an observer during the president elections on March 4, 2012. On June 12, 2012, the apartment she shared with her then-boyfriend and leader of the People’s Freedom Party, Ilya Yashin, was raided by the Investigative Committee of Russia.
• In the following years, she gave numerous interviews talking about her sudden change of heart, but critics saw it as one of her publicity stunts, as “playing politics” was the newest trend. The fact that she launched a number of political shows during this time did not help her cause either.
• One of her first political talk shows, ‘GosDep (State Department) with Ksenia Sobchak’ was aired on MTV Russia on September 7, 2012, but was promptly cancelled after she interviewed anti-Kremlin activists. While MTV issued a statement saying their viewers were not interested in politics, she was later offered to run the show online (titled ‘GosDep-2’) by Mikhail Prokhorov, a wealthy businessman and a former presidential candidate.
• On October 18, 2017, she announced her intention to run for presidency opposite Vladimir Putin, who is almost certain to win the election. The news became a media sensation as she has been dubbed as Putin's godchild and the closeness between the two families is not a secret.
  
  The biographies of the others you can find yourself in Internet, if you are interested.
  We all remember the results of ruling Russia by so called "democrats" who are forming now the opposition to Putin. We are full of it to the very nostrils. That's enough. We have never lived so good as under Putin in Russia. That's why he has a 80% support of his policy and no doubt (IMHO) he will win.