Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received over 378 million rubles ($12.7 million) as contributions to his election fund, the Central Election Commission said on Friday.
The document, published on Friday in Russia’s government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta, says Putin has already spent over 81 million rubles ($2.7 million) “for electoral campaigning in TV, printed materials (leaflets, posters, banners), production and dissemination of audiovisual and other information materials.”
Putin received 40 million ($1.3 million) rubles from the federal support fund of the United Russia party, and 128.5 million ($4.3 million) in total from seven United Russia’s regional support funds.
He also received contributions of more than 40,000 rubles from 24 individuals, which topped 9.5 million rubles (over $319,000) in total.
Putin’s campaign fund was second only to the 400-million-ruble ($13.4 million) account of independent candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
Prokhorov has spent slightly less than Putin on his presidential campaign, 73 million ($2.5 million).
Vladimir Zhirinovsky has spent over 93 million rubles ($3.1 million), about a half of his electoral fund of about 185 million rubles ($6.2 million).
Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov has spent 115.6 million rubles ($3.9 million) for his campaign, the major part of his 122-million-ruble (4.1-million) fund.
A Just Russia candidate, former speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov was the most modest of all candidates by spending only slightly more than 26 million rubles (over $873,000) out of the fund of about 101 million rubles ($3.4 million).
