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Kremlin says Putin or “someone else, but guy just like him” will win election
Ukrainska Pravda
Tetiana Lozovenko
Friday, 17 November 2023, 10:46
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/17/7429188/
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Russian President, believes that the next leader of Russia will be “the same” as Vladimir Putin or “different, but the same”.
SOUTCE:
TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet, citing Peskov
DETAILS:
Asked what the president should be like after Vladimir Putin, Peskov succinctly answered, “The same.”
Asked to clarify whether this is possible, he replied that the next president could be “different, but the same” as Putin.
Peskov added that he “doesn’t doubt Putin’s victory” in the elections.
REFERENCE:
In 2008, the Russian Federation established a presidential term of 6 years, which began to apply to presidents elected after the adoption of the relevant amendments, starting with the 2012 elections.
Due to the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation introduced in 2020, Putin is eligible to run for presidency twice more, starting in 2024.
The presidential elections in Russia are to be held in March 2024. Putin has not yet officially announced his candidacy but the media assumed that he would announce his intention to run for office in November-December.
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Putin may refuse to be re-elected as Russian president
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11-18-2023 1:30 a.m.EST
1:24 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8-_yE-oI0
Russia’s next president should be “just like” Vladimir Putin, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the student news channel MGIMO 360.
“Just like Putin,” he said when asked what Russia’s next president should be like. In response to a clarifying question about whether such a thing was possible, Peskov said, “A different version, but still just like him.”
Russia’s presidential election will be held on March 17, 2024. The Russian Federation Council will make an official decision on the date of the election in December 2023, after which political parties must hold their pre-election congresses and officially nominate candidates. Putin is eligible to run for another term, but has not yet spoken about his decision on the matter.
Peskov expressed his hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will run for reelection and win.
“Putin has not yet announced his intention to run for reelection. But I sincerely want to believe that he will do so. And I have no doubt that he will win the election and continue to be our president. We’ll see,” Peskov said.
But what he said creates the possibility that Putin is thinking of refusing to participate in the presidential elections.