Maxim Suraykin hopes to revive the Soviet-era socialist economy, and promises to nationalize the banking system and to close the income gap between workers and management. He also emphasizes the need to fight corruption, confiscate ill-gotten funds and property, and bring back people's committees to control the finances of enterprises.
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Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin, seen at his party's convention, where a presidential candidate is being nominated.
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Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin in front of Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow.
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Maxim Suraykin (second from the left) presents his presidential candidate's ID at the Russian Central Election Commission.
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Communists of Russia presidential candidate Maxim Suraykin visits the capital of South Ossetia.
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Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin at a plenary meeting at the Russian parliament.
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Maxim Suraykin at the Russian Central Election Commission.
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Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin delivers a speech at his party's convention, where a presidential candidate for the 2018 election is being nominated.
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Communists of Russia presidential candidate Maxim Suraykin visits Russia's Karachay-Cherkessia Republic.
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Maxim Suraykin, leader of the Communists of Russia party, seen during his official registration as a presidential candidate for the 2018 election at the Central Election Commission.
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Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin seen at his party's convention where a presidential candidate for the 2018 election is being nominated.
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Head of the central committee of the Communists of Russia party Maxim Suraykin seen prior to a meeting with the chief of the Russian Central Election Commission.
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Maxim Suraykin at the Russian Central Election Commission.
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