Russia’s TASS news agency reported on the 8th (local time) that Russian President Vladimir Putin will run in the Russian presidential election next year. President Putin has been elected in four Russian presidential elections, and this is his fifth term.
On this day, President Putin announced his intention to run for the Russian presidential election next year at an event commemorating Heroes of the Fatherland Day held at the Kremlin Palace, Sputnik news agency reported. Next year’s presidential election date designated by the Russian Senate is March 15-17.
President Putin has continued to serve as president or prime minister since he took over as acting president following the resignation of former President Boris Yeltsin on December 31, 1999. In his last presidential election in 2018, he was elected president with 76.6% of the vote, serving his fourth term in office. The current Russian president’s term of office is six years. If President Putin is elected again in next year’s presidential election, he will remain president until 2030.
According to the Russian Public Opinion Research Center VTsIOM, public trust in President Putin from the 27th of last month to the 3rd of this month was 78.5%. The approval rating for the government was 75.8%, up 0.6 percentage points (p) from last week. In relation to this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a briefing prior to declaring his candidacy that day, “If President Putin decides to run, there will be no one who can compete with him,” adding, “So many people are urging President Putin to run for election.” “We are showing full support,” he said.
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