Hello and welcome to the details of Russia sets presidential election for March 17 and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This handout picture taken and released by the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, on December 7, 2023 shows senators attending a session in Moscow. Russia's upper house of parliament today set March 17, 2024 as the date for the next presidential election. — Russia’s Federation Council/AFP pic
MOSCOW, Dec 7 — Russia today set March 17 as the date for a presidential election which is expected to be another shoo-in for Vladimir Putin, who has silenced opposition during over two decades in power.
In a meeting broadcast live on Russian television, the upper house of parliament unanimously approved the date of the vote.
The decision “practically kicks off the presidential campaign”, according to the head of the chamber, Valentina Matvienko.
Advertisement
Putin, a former KGB agent who has been in power in Russia either as president or prime minister since 1999, has not officially announced if he will stand in the vote for another six-year mandate.
The 71-year-old is due to hold an end-of-year press conference next week, where he could announce his candidacy.
It will be the first time he holds such a press conference since he ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
Advertisement
Russia has since said it has annexed the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia even though Russian troops do not fully control them.
Voting is planned also in those regions.
“Despite the difficult external circumstances and the attempts by the enemy to weaken Russia, we remain true to our main constitutional values,” Matvienko said.
‘United like never before’
She added that Russians were “united like never before” around Putin’s government “and the task of the state is to show it is worthy of this trust and to prevent any provocations”.
Putin would be running for a fifth presidential term. Following a constitutional reform in 2020, he could stay in power as president until 2036.
Since launching the campaign in Ukraine, Putin has become a pariah among Western leaders and his country has been hit by unprecedented sanctions.
But the Kremlin chief has become increasingly confident in recent weeks as Western support for Ukraine has frayed and Ukraine’s counter-offensive has largely failed to pierce Russian lines.
The Russian economy has also proved resilient against sanctions and is growing again as Russia re-orients its energy exports to Asian clients.
After his first two presidential terms, Putin briefly became prime minister between 2008 and 2012 while his protege Dmitry Medvedev became president.
The switch was to get around a constitutional ban on more than two consecutive presidential terms.
During his long rule, Putin has silenced dissent and turned Russia towards authoritarianism and nationalism.
Almost all opposition figures have either been imprisoned, are in exile or have been killed in murky circumstances.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has imprisoned opponents of the war with beefed-up legislation outlawing criticism of the army. — AFP
These were the details of the news Russia sets presidential election for March 17 for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
