Vladimir Putin has decided to run in the March presidential election, a move that will keep him in power until at least 2030, Kremlin sources have said.
The Russian president reportedly feels he must steer the country through the most perilous period in decades.
Putin, who was handed the presidency by Boris Yeltsin on the last day of 1999, has already served as president for longer than any other Russian ruler since Josef Stalin, beating even Leonid Brezhnev’s 18-year tenure.
“The decision has been made – he will run,” a source close to the Kremlin told Reuters.
For 71-year-old Putin, who opinion polls show enjoys approval ratings of 80 per cent inside Russia, the election is a formality if he runs: with the support of the state, the state media and almost no mainstream public dissent, he is certain to win.
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**From The Telegraph:**
Vladimir Putin has decided to run in the March presidential election, a move that will keep him in power until at least 2030, Kremlin sources have said.
The Russian president reportedly feels he must steer the country through the most perilous period in decades.
Putin, who was handed the presidency by Boris Yeltsin on the last day of 1999, has already served as president for longer than any other Russian ruler since Josef Stalin, beating even Leonid Brezhnev’s 18-year tenure.
“The decision has been made – he will run,” a source close to the Kremlin told Reuters.
For 71-year-old Putin, who opinion polls show enjoys approval ratings of 80 per cent inside Russia, the election is a formality if he runs: with the support of the state, the state media and almost no mainstream public dissent, he is certain to win.
**More here:** https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/06/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news2/
I plan to win $1m in the lottery and buy a Unicorn that shits cocaine, doesn’t mean it is going to happen though
He will stay in power until his death.
He knows if he loosens the grip over the apparatus it is a death sentence.
Duh, he knows he’s a dead man the moment he releases control of the security goons.
Of course he decides, nobody is going to tell him otherwise, unless they would like some novichok tea!
What a shocking turn of events…
I would love to know what one of correct physiological conditions he suffering from is causing these delusions?
Yeah, he decided that in 1999…
Exactly, “he decides” not the people…
Putin : Vote for me and i will give you onions, don’t vote for me and your next of kin will recive the onions
I thought he was dying
Ah would ya look at him there, all happy and all. That’s a good little dictaker.
How can he decide something like that by himself? Isn’t Russia a democratic republic?
Nice that you can just decide to stay president for whatever time period you want ..
Get ready for another war in 2-5 years. Another war started by ruZZia.
But he had a Heart Attack & Died last Week!
Why not until at least 2040?
2030 ☝🏻🤣A bullet to the head or hang i Haag if he is lucky.
Sooner or later God will cut you down.
He’s dead. A friend works in Legoland the rumours are true. He died last week and Patrushev is using the double to maintain power.