Maxim Suraykin: Forward, Into the Glorious Soviet Past

Communists of Russia presidential candidate Maxim Suraykin visits the capital of South Ossetia.

A former university teacher and once a member of the Communist Party of Russian Federation, in 2010 Maxim Suraykin, 39, became the leader of the Communists of Russia, a public organization which became registered as a political party in 2012 and eventually nominated him as a candidate for the 2018 presidential election.

 

Maxim Suraykin hopes to revive the Soviet-era socialist economy, and promises to nationalize the banking system and to close the income gap between workers and management. He also emphasizes the need to fight corruption, confiscate ill-gotten funds and property, and bring back people's committees to control the finances of enterprises.

Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin, seen at his party's convention, where a presidential candidate is being nominated.

                           Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin in front of Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow.

Maxim Suraykin (second from the left) presents his presidential candidate's ID at the Russian Central Election Commission.

Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin at a plenary meeting at the Russian parliament.

Maxim Suraykin at the Russian Central Election Commission.

Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin delivers a speech at his party's convention, where a presidential candidate for the 2018 election is being nominated.

Communists of Russia presidential candidate Maxim Suraykin visits Russia's Karachay-Cherkessia Republic.

Maxim Suraykin, leader of the Communists of Russia party, seen during his official registration as a presidential candidate for the 2018 election at the Central Election Commission.

Communists of Russia leader Maxim Suraykin seen at his party's convention where a presidential candidate for the 2018 election is being nominated.

Head of the central committee of the Communists of Russia party Maxim Suraykin seen prior to a meeting with the chief of the Russian Central Election Commission.

Maxim Suraykin at the Russian Central Election Commission.