page_title: 2012 Russian presidential election
section_title: Gennady Zyuganov
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Russian presidential election / Campaigning / Gennady Zyuganov
caption_attribution_description: English: “Young Pioneer induction ceremony held on Moscow's Red Square”. Leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov and participants of the Young Pioneer induction ceremony on Moscow's Red Square. Русский: «Торжественный прием в пионеры на Красной площади». Лидер КПРФ Геннадий Зюганов и юные участники церемонии торжественного приема в пионеры на Красной площади. Россия, Москва
context_page_description: The 2012 Russian presidential election was held on 4 March 2012. There were five officially registered candidates: four representatives of registered parties, and one nominal independent.
  These elections were the first after the constitutional amendments in 2008. In this election, the President was elected for the first time for six years, not four as before.
  At the United Russia congress in Moscow on 24 September 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev proposed that his predecessor, Vladimir Putin, stand for the presidency in 2012, an offer which Putin accepted. Putin immediately offered Medvedev the opportunity to stand on the United Russia ticket in the parliamentary elections in December 2011 and become Prime Minister at the end of his presidential term.
  All independents had to register by 15 December 2011, and candidates nominated by parties were required to register by 18 January 2012. The final list was announced on 29 January. On 2 March, outgoing President Medvedev addressed the nation on the national television channels about the upcoming elections, inviting citizens to vote.
  Putin received 63.6% of the vote, securing a record third term in the Kremlin.
context_section_description: In September 2011, Gennady Zyuganov again became the CPRF's candidate for the Russian presidential election. According to Zyuganov, "a gang of folks who cannot do anything in life apart from dollars, profits and mumbling, has humiliated the country" and called for a new international alliance to "counter the aggressive policies of imperialist circles."
caption: Zyuganov campaigning in Red Square
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