The director of the state farm will apply for the highest post in the country. Lenina Pavel Grudinin. This decision was made on Friday, December 22, by the Presidium of the Communist Party Central Committee, RIA Novosti reports.. The Communist Party today holds the presidium of the Central Committee and the plenum, which deals with the preparation for the presidential elections in Russia. It is noted that on Friday a preliminary decision was taken on a candidate from the Communist Party. "The Presidium recommended Grudinin," the member of the Central Committee Presidium Sergei Obukhov told the agency.. The final decision will be made on Saturday, December 23, by secret ballot. Earlier, the unchanged leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov said that the candidacy of Grudinin "actively considered" in the party for the nomination of presidential elections in 2018. In his opinion, Grudinin's enterprise is the best in the country.

The entrepreneur himself has already stated that he is ready to go to the elections if he is supported by the party. Pavel Nikolayevich Grudinin, native Muscovite, he is 57 years old. He has 2 higher educations, was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. In the Moscow State Farm, located in the Leninsky district, he works since 1982. Grudinin became director of the Lenin State Farm Company in 1995. The next presidential election in Russia will be held on March 18, 2018, the election campaign officially started on December 18.