The Reuters agency, citing six unnamed sources, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to run for a new presidential term in the elections scheduled for March 2024. According to amendments made to the Constitution, Putin could remain in power until 2036. However, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, stated […]
The Reuters agency, citing six unnamed sources, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to run for a new presidential term in the elections scheduled for March 2024.
According to amendments made to the Constitution, Putin could remain in power until 2036.
However, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Putin has not yet announced his candidacy for a new presidential term.
“Putin has not made any statements on this matter yet. Moreover, the campaign itself has not been officially announced,” Peskov told reporters.
At the same time, in September, a Kremlin representative said that “no one can pose real competition to the president at this stage in our country.”
Observers interpreted the words of the Kremlin representative as a sign of Putin’s regime’s inclination towards dictatorship. In particular, after the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane and his death, he was known as “Putin’s last opponent,” and many blamed Putin for this.
After the “Prigozhin mutiny,” experts said that “Putin will not forgive Prigozhin for his mutiny” and many anticipated that he would die.