Vladimir Putin said from time to time that he hesitated to apply for a further term, although the decision of the president who ruled the country for a long time has been considered completely certain.
The sitting president of Russia Vladimir Putin has, as expected, signed up for next year’s presidential election.
Putin announced his intention on Friday at an army event organized in the Grand Palace of the Kremlin.
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He told about his consent in a special situation where the chairman of the regional parliament of Donbass, established by Russia in eastern Ukraine Artyom Žoga first, effusively praising Putin, asked him to run for office.
– I don’t hide the fact that there have been other thoughts at different times. But now is the moment to make a decision. I am running for president of Russia.
The Russian presidential election will be held on the 15th-17th. March.
Putin, who has taken Russia in an increasingly autocratic direction, is the likely winner of the election. If the 71-year-old Putin is elected for a new presidential term, it would be possible for him to remain in power until 2030.
Putin was appointed the first president of the current Russia Boris Yeltsin successor on the last day of 1999. After Stalin, he is already the leader who has held power for the longest time in the country, even intoxicated Leonid Brezhnev An 18-year reign.
Source: Reuters.