Yavlinsky, Titov and Baburin registered as Russian presidential candidates

Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) registered Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), Boris Titov (Party of Growth), Sergei Baburin (Russian All People’s Union) as  presidential candidates.

According to the CEC, 1.07% of signatures of the 105,000 submitted to the CEC by Yavlinsky had been found to be invalid, 4.5% (2611) of signatures of the 105,000 submitted by Titov had been found to be invalid, 3.18% (21908) of signatures of the 105,000 submitted by Titov had been found to be invalid. 

The Russian presidential election is scheduled to be held on March 18.