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Putin spent $6.8m on presidential election campaign – Election Commission
Eight candidates in the 2018 Russian presidential election spent a total of 1.63 billion rubles (28 million dollars) on campaigning.
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Russian presidential candidates spent $28 million on campaigns – Election Commission
According to the CEC, eight registered candidates collected 1,660,334,418 rubles.
Russian elections: Putin’s campaign gulps $6.4 million
Seven candidates are challenging the incumbent, Vladimir Putin, in the March 18 election
