MOSCOW, 15 Sep. Over the entire period of the election campaign for the election of State Duma deputies, 290 candidates were excluded from the federal lists, 27 of them — under the new article of the law on belonging to extremist activities, said CEC Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
«Over the entire period of the election campaign, 290 candidates were excluded from the federal lists. Of these, 211 candidates (73 percent) were excluded on the basis of decisions of the political parties themselves or personal statements of candidates. And only 79 candidates (27 percent), including 27 people, were a new article on belonging to extremist activities — excluded by the Central Election Commission, «Pamfilova said.
The head of the CEC noted that this is only a third of the total number of exceptions adopted by the parties themselves. She added that the Communist Party and the Yabloko party had the smallest number of refusals, unlike, for example, the New People party, “where there are incomparably more refusals.” “In general, the reasons for refusal are different. citizenship, and the presence of foreign financial assets, and shortcomings in the documents, «- explained Pamfilova.
About three million Russians applied to participate in the online votingVoting this year will take place from 17 to 19 September. The State Duma is elected for five years according to a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies are elected according to party lists, another 225 — in single-mandate constituencies in one round. 14 parties registered federal lists of candidates for State Duma deputies: the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Greens, the Liberal Democratic Party, New People, United Russia, Fair Russia — For Truth, Yabloko, the Party of Growth, the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice, Communists of Russia, Civil Platform, Green Alternative, Rodina and the Party of Pensioners.
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