The 2018 presidential campaign of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy of the State Duma and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, was announced on 28 October 2016.

[7] In June 2015, Zhirinovsky said he planned to participate in presidential elections, but in July of the same year, the politician said that the Liberal Democratic Party, perhaps "will pick a more efficient person.

As part of his election campaign Zhirinovsky visited Volgograd and laid flowers on the statue for the Battle of Stalingrad and also met with students.

[10] On 24 November 2017, the website of the Liberal Democratic Party published Zhirinovsky's program, which is called "100 Steps: It's Time to Make a Powerful Leap Forward!

[15] Zhirinovsky is a wrestler with foreign words in the Russian language, so he proposes to rename the office of President to the Supreme Ruler.

[3] Zhirinovsky also proposes to reduce the number of members of the State Duma from 450 to 200 and to abolish the Federation Council.

He says he exchanged all options to America agreed that the Russian army will stand on the borders of the USSR as of January 1, 1985.