The CEC made the remark sand
The CEC head Ella Pamfilova made the remark to the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov for expressing with signs of propaganda for one of candidates on a post of the head of state. Such a statement he made on January 29.
“On 29 January published a statement by the press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov with the assessment of one of the presidential candidates… There were obvious signs of agitation,” — said Pamfilova at the meeting of the CEC.
Probably talking about the statement of Peskov about Putin, in which he called the current President “the absolute leader of public opinion and the political Olympus”.
She reminded that by law officials during the election campaign not to use their official position for campaigning.
The CEC head stressed that such statements are unacceptable. She also asked the media to consider statutory limitations in information, which may be similar in nature.
The Russian presidential election will be held on March 18, the election campaign officially started on 18 December.