{"id":11282,"date":"2023-11-15T17:42:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/putin-intends-to-seek-re-election-in-2024-reports\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:42:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:12:31","slug":"putin-intends-to-seek-re-election-in-2024-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/putin-intends-to-seek-re-election-in-2024-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin intends to seek \u2018re-election\u2019 in 2024: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to seek “re-election” in 2024, according to widespread reports.<\/p>\n
Putin, who has been president since 2012, has begun searching for campaign surrogates ahead of launching his 2024 campaign, according to business outlet Kommersant.<\/p>\n
The “initiative group” will coordinate to raise support for Putin after he announces his candidacy later this year.<\/p>\n
KREMLIN SHORTENS QUARANTINE BEFORE MEETING PUTIN AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS APPROACH<\/strong><\/p>\n In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council, Russian government and law enforcement agencies in Moscow.<\/span> (GAVRIIL GRIGOROV\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Putin has stated he intends to formally launch his bid for the presidency following the Russian parliament’s call for a presidential election in December. He will likely run as an independent.\u00a0<\/p>\n Putin was a member of the country’s ruling United Russia Party when he was elected in 2012 but dropped from the group during his successful 2018 bid for re-election.<\/p>\n The Kremlin has been pubically dismissive of elections in recent months, seeming to acknowledge the nation’s questionable international credibility of its democratic institutions.<\/p>\n RUSSIAN ELECTIONS ARE ‘COSTLY BUREAUCRACY’ THAT ‘DON’T HAVE TO BE HELD’ PUTIN SPOKESMAN SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov is seen in Saint Petersburg, Russia.<\/span> (Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Elections are what a democracy demands and Putin himself decided to hold them, but theoretically, they don\u2019t even have to be held,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov<\/u> told state media outlet RBK on Aug. 8. He added, “Because it\u2019s clear that Putin will be elected. That\u2019s completely my personal opinion.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Peskov told RBK he was seeking to clarify his earlier Aug. 6 statement to The New York Times that he claims was misquoted.<\/p>\n “Our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy,” Peskov told the New York Times in the article published Aug. 6. “Mr. Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90 percent of the vote.”<\/p>\n In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of Security Council, Russian government and law enforcement agencies in Moscow.<\/span> (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV \/ POOL \/ AFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n More recently, Peskov told Russian news outlets in October that there is no competition against Putin ahead of the next presidential election next year.<\/p>\n “We have repeatedly said that President Putin is undoubtedly the number-one politician and statesman in our country,” said Peskov.\u00a0<\/p>\n He added, “In my personal opinion [\u2026] he has no rivals at the moment and cannot have any in the Russian Federation.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
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