The something Candidate A Russian plant becomes President

Russia was left without officials and a leader. But there are enough candidates for the main post. One of these candidates is a small but proud delivery man whose home video seems to be seen by everyone. But does this candidate have other serious flaws?

Schoolboy Semyon Golubovsky, Vladivostok. Students Egor Chernyuk and Oleg Alexeev, Kaliningrad. Entrepreneur Viktor Barmin, Yekaterinburg. Activist Violetta Grudina, Murmansk. Minibus driver Vladimir Semenov, Astrakhan. What unites these people? All of them are activists of regional headquarters created for the campaign of Alexey Navalny, who announced his self-nomination for the post of President of the Russian Federation. And all of them are the heroes of the film "Electing Russia."

Three candidates for deputies of the republican and local Soviets are awaiting the election results. There is a heated discussion between them about the present and future of Russia. And voters, contrary to all forecasts and expectations, gave the party boss a ride in competitive elections and elected...

In the utopian village of "Red Star" there is a commotion: elections are coming for the candidates for the head of the settlement. The odious Stepan Stepanych (acting head) calls a meeting to keep his post. After long negotiations, Stepan Stepanovich and his retinue come to a verdict: a technical candidate is needed. Who will be chosen as the main victim of the intrigue of the strong "village-this", what kind of rebuff this candidate will give, what ups and downs, circumstances await gullible heroes you will find out on the big screens in the cinema!

The Candidate goes through a rigorously impossible vetting process to determine if he is The One for someone's very specific agenda.