49. IN PRACTICE: What proportion of total spending reported to the oversight agency in relation to the last campaign period was spent on media by the two presidential candidates gaining the most votes?
Russian Federation
Answer
An average of 85.4% of the expenditures incurred by the two presidential candidates (96.3% by Grudinin Pavel and 74.5% by Putin Vladimir) were spent on media and/or advertising during the March 2018 Presidential campaign.
Source
Source: http://cikrf.ru/eng/information-center/results-of-russian-presidential-elections-2018.php and http://cikrf.ru/analog/prezidentskiye-vybory-2018/finansirovaniye-vyborov/.