Candidate for the Presidency of the Russian Federation Ksenia Sobchak surprised political scientists. On Monday, January 22, a message appeared on the website of her campaign headquarters that 100 thousand. signatures required for official registration as an election participant. Not all believed that it would succeed, said the Director General of the Institute of Regional Problems Dmitry Zhuravlev. "I was surprised," he admitted.. - I doubted that Sobchak would get the required number of signatures. In addition, she herself, in my opinion, doubted. But I'm glad that she gathered her votes. This part of the electorate needs its representative, "- RT cites the words of the expert. According to Zhuravlyov, 100 thousand is practically the whole group of voters ready to support Sobchak. If the TV host changed her behavior or the nature of the statements on a number of issues, her supporters might be added. However, the goal of the candidate is not a victory, but participation, the political scientist believes.. "Sobchak is fighting for the prize" To the people do not forget, "she is not going to win. She needs to keep her electorate in suspense, that is, 100 thousand.

with a small man, how many she collected signatures, and she will do it, "Zhuravlev said.. If Sobchak becomes more "formal", she will cease to be interesting to this circle of voters, so she will stick to the course she chose initially. As a result, according to the expert, in the debate Sobchak will be extremely intemperate in language, and will vote up to 5% of the vote. Earlier, Ksenia Sobchak said that she was confident in the victory of Vladimir Putin. The election of the President of the Russian Federation will be held on March 18, 2018.