Three more candidates submitted registration documents for elections of head of Bashkortostan

UFA, 12 July 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

The Bashkir Central Election Commission received registration documents from the nominees of the Patriots of Russia, the Civil Force parties and the Russian Socialist Party as candidates for the head of the republic.

According to the website of the regional CEC, the documents were submitted by Rafis Kadyrov, Zulfiya Gaysina and Vladimir Barabash.

The candidates submitted lists of support with the signatures of 476 deputies of local representative bodies, information on three candidates proposed for members of the Council of the Federation, the first financial report.

Currently, only the Acting Head of the republic, Radiy Khabirov (United Russia), is registered as a candidate for the upcoming elections, the CEC website reports.

As of July 11, eleven candidates submitted documents for participation, including blogger Vladimir Kobzev (Russian Pensioner Party for Social Justice), businessman Rafis Kadyrov (“Patriots of Russia”), beauty blogger Saniya Timasova (Russian Ecological Green Party), the head of the Ufa City Projects Development Fund Vladimir Barabash (“Civil Force”), the Acting Head of the region, Radiy Khabirov (“United Russia”), as well as representatives of the Social Security Party - Alexey Molokin, Yabloko - Zulfia Gaisina, Russian Socialist Party - Ramil Saitov.

The election of the head of Bashkortostan will be held on a single voting day, September 8.