MOSCOW, February 13 Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation received a refusal from the candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to participate in joint campaign events, said Secretary of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Natalya Budarina.
«The Central Election Commission of Russia received a document confirming the refusal of the candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to participate in joint campaign events on all-Russian channels state television and radio broadcasting organizations. This is the right of the candidate,» Budarina said at a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.