ROZHDESTVENO (Moscow region), December 23 One hundred and seventy-five delegates of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Congress voted for the candidacy of State Duma deputy Nikolai Kharitonov for the presidential election, six delegates were against, said State Duma deputy Yuri Afonin.
«» One hundred and seventy-five (delegates — ed.) voted for, six against,» said he told journalists.
In turn, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov called this congress historic, since in “war conditions, our country has never held elections.”
“The party proposed Nikolai Mikhailovich Kharitonov as a candidate , all left-wing patriotic forces actively supported everything, voted unanimously, I congratulate him, because I have never achieved such a result,” he noted.