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RFE/RL: Russia’s Election Commission registers three more presidential candidates

Published Feb. 7, 2018 at 3:57 pm

People pass by a billboard with an image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and lettering "Strong president - Strong Russia" in Saint Petersburg on January, 12, 2018.Russia's presidential election is scheduled for March 18, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Olga MALTSEVA

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Russia’s Central Election Commission has registered three more candidates for the March 18 presidential election, raising the total number of candidates to six.

The commission on February 7 formally registered the candidacies of Boris Titov from the Party of Growth, Sergei Baburin of the Russian All-People Union Party, and Grigory Yavlinsky of the Yabloko party.