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@kfm Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:11:58

Putin says he will run for re-election in 2024

By AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday that he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing the Kremlin leader to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s. The 71-year-old has led Russia since the turn of the century, winning four presidential ballots and briefly serving as prime minister in a system where opposition has become virtually non-existent. The announcement came at a set-piece Kremlin event for army personnel, including some who fought in the offensive in Ukraine that Putin ordered in February last year. “I won’t hide it, I’ve had different thoughts at different times, but this is a time when a decision has to be made,” Putin said at the ceremony. “I will run for the […]

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