The Communist Party of the Russian Federation named Afonin and Klychkov as possible presidential candidates instead of Zyuganov replace another representative of the communists, suggested the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for elections, State Duma deputy Sergei Obukhov. His statements are quoted by Vedomosti.
The list includes the first deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Yuri Afonin, who oversees personnel issues in the party, and the governor of the Oryol region, Andrei Klychkov. Also, Dmitry Novikov, deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for ideology, was named as one of the possible candidates.
Deputy of the Saratov Regional Duma Nikolai Bondarenko, and Pavel Grudinin, General Director of the State Farm named after Lenin “, who was already a Communist Party candidate in 2018. In 2021, Grudinin failed to register for the elections of the State Duma deputies.
Obukhov stressed that he had only expressed his opinion. “I said that these candidates are the most electorally promoted, enjoying wide authority, in my opinion, they could be considered candidates. This is my personal point of view as a political strategist, ”added the communist. He added that the list could be expanded.
In the elections to the State Duma in September, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation took second place, gaining about 19 percent of the vote and receiving 57 mandates. The United Russia party won with 49.82 percent of the vote.