The question of the possibility of participation in the 2018 elections of Vladimir Putin was set on a direct line with the president in June 2017, at a press conference with journalists on the results of participation in the BRICS summit. This question was recently asked by the participants of the meetings with the President more than once. Asked him at a meeting with Putin and workers of the plant of the Gorky Automobile Plant, which Putin visited during his trip to Nizhny Novgorod.

And if earlier Vladimir Putin, answering the questions, said that he had not yet made a decision, then the answer at the meeting with the workers of the GAZ plant was unambiguous: "I will run for president of the Russian Federation". The candidacy of Putin will support "United Russia".

Vladimir Putin worked in this responsible post from March 2000 to 2008, then he was chairman of the government for 4 years, since 2012 he again headed Russia. The electoral company will begin in December 2017. Elections will be held in March 2018. Now we know about 18 possible candidates for the post of Russian president. Among them are well-known political figures like Grigory Yavlinsky and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who were nominated by Yabloko and the LDPR parties, journalists, businessmen. In addition to the candidates behind whom the parties and movements stand, there are also self-nominated candidates.