Baburin withdrew from the presidential elections – Kommersant
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The chairman of the Russian All-People’s Union party, Sergei Baburin, after submitting signatures to the Central Election Commission, refused to further participate in the election race, TASS and RIA Novosti reported. He called for support for the current Russian President Vladimir Putin in the March elections.
“In accordance with Article 44 of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation on the election of the President of the Russian Federation, I withdraw my candidacy from the elections for the post of President of the Russian Federation,” Mr. Baburin emphasized after submitting the voter signatures he collected to the Central Election Commission. The politician said that Russians and all political forces need to “unite around the candidacy of Vladimir Putin.”
Mr. Baburin noted that his party “made a consolidated decision” to withdraw its candidate from the elections. “It is impossible to fragment power in conditions of confrontation with the West; there should be no splitting of patriotic forces. “The Russian All-People’s Union decided to support the national leader,” he added.
Sergei Baburin was a State Duma deputy in 1994-2007; in the second and fourth convocations of the State Duma he served as vice speaker. The politician has headed the Russian All-People’s Union since the founding of the party in 2011. In 2018, he participated in the presidential elections, was registered as a candidate and received 0.65% of the votes at the end of the campaign.
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