Ksenia Sobchak, who nominated her candidacy for the presidency of Russia, wrote on her Facebook page that the campaign will be promoted in social networks by blogger Rustem Adagamov. Sobchak presented his election headquarters, headed by one of the founding fathers of NTV, Igor Malashenko, on October 24. It was assumed that the well-known political technologist Alexei Sitnikov would be responsible for collecting signatures for Sobchak's nomination to the presidency and interaction with volunteers, but on October 31 it became known that Sitnikov and 30 people from his team left the headquarters. Adagamov - one of the most popular bloggers in the Russian-language "Live Journal". "In 2012, Rustem, like me, was elected to the Coordinating Council of the Opposition, and was also one of the founders of the Voters League who fought for fair elections," Sobchak said..

In January 2013, the Investigative Committee started a pre-investigation check against Adagamov in connection with the statement of his ex-wife Tatyana Delsal, who accused the blogger of sexual abuse against the 12-year-old stepdaughter. In 2015, Adagamov was declared a federal wanted list on suspicion of pedophilia. Now he lives in Prague.