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)
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)