Former porn star Elena Berkova of Murmansk, Russia, used an Instagram video to declare her candidacy for president against Vladimir Putin in the 2018 election.
She apparently does not intend to run a stuffy old traditional sort of campaign, having chosen lingerie and smart glasses for her announcement video. This may be a dangerous indication that the entire world has become a Michael Bay film.
“I made this decision recently, because women are actively taking part in the presidential campaign,” said Berkova, referring to such previously declared contenders as former TV and radio host Ekaternia Gordon and TV personality Ksenia Sobchak. Additionally, model and TV presenter Anfisa Chekhova has promised to run for president if her Instagram post on the subject accumulates 200,000 likes. To date, Russia has not had a female president.
Berkova noted that the other female candidates “are from show business” as well and pointed out that she has a political resume, having run for mayor of Sochi. During that 2009 race, she billed herself as the candidate from “the Party of Love” and released a topless campaign ad. This was not enough to overcome pro-Kremlin candidate Anatoly Pakhomov, who won with 77 percent of the vote, according to the official tally, which was challenged as a fraudulent attempt to avoid a run-off vote by second-place finisher Boris Nemtsov.
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