A famous writer wants to become president of Russia

The co -chair of the party “Fair Russia – Patriots – for the Truth”, writer Zakhar Prilepin intends to take part in the next presidential election and is preparing to nominate. The Vedomosti was told about this by four interlocutors in Fair Russia and a source close to the presidential administration (AP).

“Prilepin wants to show AP that he could take part in the elections, – says a source in” Fair Russia “.” For this, he builds a separate staff structure and conducts active activities in the regions. ” On August 15, the headquarters in the Krasnodar Territory will open at Prilepin, and then there will be seven in Russia. In addition, he has opened headquarters in the “LPR”, in the Kherson and Kharkov regions.

The desire to go to the elections from the party looks logical, another source says: “[Chairman of” Fair Russia “Sergey] Mironov was not nominated in the polls in 2018, because he cannot fight against the first person. And Zakhar [Prilepin ] Maybe he is interested in it. “