“RUSSIA’S STRONG MAN”: President Vladimir Putin (70) photographed in June this year. Photo: GAVRIIL GRIGOROV / AFP / NTB
Russian President Vladimir Putin will announce his candidacy for another term next month, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to announce his candidacy for re-election next month, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant. Putin has led Russia since 2000, first as president from 2000 to 2008, and again since 2012, with two terms as prime minister. Legislative changes made by Putin in 2021 allows him to run for re-election for two more terms after his current term ends. In practice, this means that Putin can rule Russia until 2036. Despite the fact that Putin will probably have no problems obtaining enough votes, he faces significant challenges, including the conflict in Ukraine, economic shocks and former internal opponents. Show more
The Russian election in 2024 will be the first since Putin (70) himself changed the rules.
Until April 2021, Russian presidents could only serve two consecutive terms, as in the USA.
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It was Putin signed the new lawwhich allows him to run for re-election for two more terms, after his current term ends in 2024.
In practice, this means that the president can rule until 2036.
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Putin has been Russia’s political leader since 2000. He has was president for two terms – first from 2000 to 2008 and then since 2012. In 1999 and from 2008 to 2012 he was the country’s prime minister.
Reuters writes that despite the fact that Putin will probably not struggle to gather votes, he is facing the most serious challenges a Russian head of state has faced since of the Soviet Union last head of state, Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev was a Russian, formerly Soviet, politician. Gorbachev was the last head of state of the Soviet Union. He was General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party from 1985 to 1990, and the first and only President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991.
The war in Ukraine has sparked the biggest conflict with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the Russian economy is in shock, and Putin saw off a mutiny by now-dead Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in June.
Russia against the world
The Russian newspaper Kommersant citing sources that Putin will launch an “informal” campaign as early as November.
According to them, the ideological framework of his re-election campaign will be “Russia as a separate civilization”:
– With a focus on traditional values that are under attack from enemies, who thanks to a strong society will not achieve anything, writes the newspaper.
Putin has been trying to find and improve relations with countries outside the West since the war of aggression against Ukraine intensified in February 2022. In September he received North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (39), and in August invited the BRICs BRICs Brics consists of Brazil , Russia, India, China and South Africa. The group is considered to aim to increase the influence of the world’s emerging economies.even more land into the block.
At the same time, there has been an ever-growing focus on strengthening nationalism nationalism Nationalism is both a sense of belonging that people can have and a political ideology. (Large Norwegian encyclopedia) in Russia.
On Friday, tens of thousands of people gathered in Moscow’s Red Square to mark the one-year anniversary since President Putin declared the annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
“One country, one family, one Russia”, should have been written on the tickets for those present.
“Russia”
According to Kommersant’s sources, the launch of Putin’s election campaign will coincide with the opening of a forum called “Russia”.
– This will be the core event of his entire campaign, says a source the newspaper writes is close to Putin’s administration.
The forum will be held from 4 November to April next year, and the aim is to showcase “the most important achievements” in the Russian economy, and “the positive experiences and development of the country’s regions. The Russian Federation consists of 83 territorial units. Between 2014 and 2022, Russia annexed lands from Ukraine. The Ukrainian territories were made into six new federal subjects, so that the number increased to 89 in Russian eyes.”, writes the newspaper.
– In fact, these are things Vladimir Putin has achieved, another source told Kommersant.
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Published: 03.10.23 at 08:14
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