The only lady in the presidential race, Ksenia Sobchak, who, according to preliminary data, did not get on the podium, taking an offensive fourth place, agreed to meet with the leader of the last election, Vladimir Putin. The visit is scheduled for Monday, March 19. "Try to achieve what we stated from the very beginning - the pardoning of political prisoners," Sobchak told "Vedomosti". It is specified that she will come not alone, but accompanied by other participants in the election. "Xenia still last night (March 18 - Morning. ru), before any invitation, she said she would ask for a meeting with Putin to present a list of pardons for political prisoners, "the press secretary of her staff, Ksenia Chudinova, confirmed the intention of the TV journalist. She noted that on the eve of Sobchak met with another hunter for the presidency, not allowed to participate in the election as a candidate, Alexei Navalny. "She is always ready to talk and always on her own terms," ??said Chudinova. By the way, with Navalny Sobchak was seen and immediately after the elections. On the air of the channel "Navalny. Live "she talked about creating a new party together with Dmitry Gudkov. In response, the opponent called Xenia's campaign hypocritical, adding that the TV presenter was offering "huge money" for participating in the elections, which she allegedly told him herself. "You, of course, are a part of this absolutely false falsifying scheme. Congratulated the telegram to Putin? "- he quipped Navalny. However, Putin himself spoke about meeting with his opponents, although he did not specify what is called the place and time. "Let's see, now the administration (the president - Morning. ru) will contact them, we will agree, and I will invite them to the meeting, "the head of state said to Interfax,.

After this statement, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the conversation will take place on the day following the elections, that is, on March 19. At the same time, the representative of the Kremlin was at a loss to answer whether the candidates would be useful to the leader of the country. "This is the prerogative of the president," Peskov. Recall, according to preliminary results of the CEC after processing 99.84% of the ballots, for Sobchak, which is located on the fourth position, gaining 1.67%. Leading the three leaders Vladimir Putin. 56 million 206 thousand 514 voters voted for the incumbent president. This is a record result in the history of elections. "Silver" and "bronze" in Grudinin and Zhirinovsky, respectively.