A banda aquests dos primers 'falsos' candidats (tot atribuït pels participants a una intenció de les autoritats de desacreditar el sistema de votació), també encapçalaven la llista: Iuri Xevtxuk (cantant) Leonid Parfenov (periodista) Borís Akunin (escriptor) Alexander Belov (polític nacionalista) Konstantin Krilov (polític nacionalista) Dmitri Bikov (poeta) Vladímir Tor (polític nacionalista) Mikhaïl Efremov (actor)
Aside from these two 'rigged' candidates (participants believed it was used by the authorities to discredit the voting system), the following candidates were on top of the list: Yuri Shevchuk (singer) Leonid Parfenov (journalist) Boris Akunin (writer) Alexander Belov (nationalist politician) Konstantin Krylov (nationalist politician) Dmitry Bykov (poet) Vladimir Tor (nationalist politician) Mikhail Efremov (actor)