RT: Russia has proposed to ban those who have changed their surnames from participating in elections as candidates participation in elections to Russians who have recently changed their surnames. The corresponding letter was sent to the head of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko, reports RT.
According to the political scientist, the namesakes of real political figures are often used in election campaigns. If there is no such person, then to participate in the elections, as so-called spoilers, they found those who are ready to quickly change their first and last name.
In this regard, Orlov proposed to prohibit those who changed his name during the year preceding voting day. An exception will be cases when the surname has changed after the registration of marriage.
In September, the electoral commission of St. ballots of candidates who changed their first and last name to the same as his. They noted that this is provided only if there is a complete match of the last name, first name and patronymic.