December 2017, the leader of the Civic Platform Rifat Shaykhutdinov also said that his party would support current president Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election, meaning four out of six parties represented in the State Duma supported his candidacy. On the decision, Shaykhutdinov stated: Electoral results Presidential State Duma See also List of political parties in Russia References External links Site organizing committee (English) 2012 establishments in Russia Centre-right parties in Europe Conservative parties in Russia Liberal conservative parties Liberal parties in Russia Political parties established in 2012 Registered political parties in Russia Mikhail Prokhorov