Russia's Vladimir Putin says he will run for President again in 2024
The Hindu
Vladimir Putin to run for President in 2024, extending his rule to at least 2030. Awarded soldiers for fighting in Ukraine, then asked by lieutenant colonel if he would run again. Putin said yes, Reuters reported last month. Election a formality; state, media support, no dissent. Opponents see it as corrupt dictatorship, supporters point to high approval ratings. Putin has restored order, some of Russia's lost clout.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 8 he would run for president again in the 2024 presidential election, a move expected to keep him in power until at least 2030.
Mr. Putin, who was handed the presidency by Boris Yeltsin on the last day of 1999, has already served as President for longer than any other ruler of Russia since Josef Stalin, beating even Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year tenure.
After awarding soldiers who had fought in Ukraine with Russia's highest military honour, the hero of Russia gold star, Mr. Putin was asked by a lieutenant colonel if he would run again, Russian news agencies said.
The Kremlin chief said that he would. Reuters reported last month that Mr. Putin had made the decision to run.
For Mr. Putin, the election is a formality: with the support of the state, state media and almost no mainstream public dissent, he is certain to win. Mr. Putin turned 71 on Oct.ober 7.
Opposition politicians cast the election as a fig leaf of democracy that adorns what they see as the corrupt dictatorship of Putin's Russia.
Supporters of Mr. Putin dismiss that analysis, pointing to independent polling which shows he enjoys approval ratings of above 80%. They say that Mr. Putin has restored order and some of the clout Russia lost during the chaos of the Soviet collapse.
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