Although until September 5, before their registration, the campaign can actually be treated as political advertising.
More than 70 political parties started public activity, which had signs of a campaign campaign, even before the beginning of the electoral process of local elections. Olga Aivazovskaya, the chairman of the board of the Civil Network OPORA, told about it.
"We can state that the active pre-election struggle has already begun in the localities. According to our observers, more than 70 political parties have already started campaigning, although until September 5, before their registration, it can actually be interpreted as political advertising," said Aivazovskaya.
She also talked about the fixation of pre-election campaigning in social networks. "We also noted that active pre-election campaigning already exists on the Internet and social networks. According to our estimates, the average cost of its implementation already exceeds half a million dollars. Because social networks, such as Facebook, not only record who paid for a specific political advertisement, but also to what audience it is distributed, what is the estimated cost of this advertisement and agitation," Aivazovskaya added.
The Central Election Commission announced the start of the local election process on September 5, 2020.
