2018 Election: Daughter of previous Russian mayor keeps running for president

Russian socialite turned columnist Ksenia Sobchak, whose father filled in as chairman of the nation's second-biggest city of St Petersburg in the 1990s, said on Wednesday that she was running for president in 2018 decision.

Her expired father, Anatoly Sobchak, was a rumored coach of Russia's available President, Vladimir Putin, and previous President Dmitry Medvedev.

In a video posted on her crusade site, Sobchak said she was "against everybody'' in Russia's available administration and said the nation was in desperate need of a change.

She said that Russians conceived when Putin progressed toward becoming president without precedent for 2000 would have the capacity to vote in this race.

She communicated bolster for Russian dissent pioneer Alexei Navalny, who additionally needs to challenge Putin for the administration however will in all probability be kept off the tally in light of legitimate inconveniences.

Putin has not yet reported that he is re-challenging, but rather the long-lasting pioneer is viewed as practically sure to win on the off chance that he declares his nomination.