Seven candidates are lined up against Vladimir Putin in a Russian presidential election next month that he is all but guaranteed to win, extending his Kremlin term to 2024 with a fourth term in office. Pavel Grudinin: Communist millionaireNicknamed the “strawberry king,” 57-year-old Grudinin is the Russian Communist Party’s surprise candidate. Vladimir Zhirinovsky: Populist troublemakerVladimir Zhirinovsky is a Russian presidential election regular. He remains a prominent critic of Putin and Russia’s ruling United Russia party but is tolerated by the Kremlin. The 39-year-old is a former member of the Russian Communist party who broke away in 2012 and founded the Communists of Russia party.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 16, 2018 03:22 UTC