130,000 people gathered in Moscow to support Putin’s campaign for the next Russian president.

  China news agency, Moscow, March 3 rd Issue: Directly hit 130,000 people. Moscow rally supports Putin to run for the next president.

  China News Service reporter Wang Xiujun

  "Russia! Russia! Russia! … …” . Under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the slogans shouted by the people in Luzhniki Stadium were neat, loud and powerful.

  Russia will hold a presidential election on March 18th. Eight candidates, including Putin, will participate in the competition. On March 3, local time, the Russian people held a rally at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow for the first time to support Putin’s campaign for the next president.

  The temperature was only 8 degrees below zero that day, but the cold didn’t stop people from attending the rally. The rally officially started at 2 pm, and at 12: 30 noon, a large number of people had lined up near Luzhniki Stadium for security check. According to the statistics of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the number of people attending the rally that day was about 130,000.

  Before the rally began, the multi-storey stands of Luzhniki Stadium were filled by the participants. Holding slogans such as "support Putin, support a strong Russia" and "I support Putin", the participants held high the Russian flag and the "United Russia" party flag, and kept shaking and waving at the cue of the organizers.

  In the middle of the stadium is a set platform. After the rally began, celebrities from Russian political, academic and business circles, military representatives and winners who recently returned to Russia from PyeongChang Winter Olympics took the stage to give speeches, explaining the reasons for supporting Putin’s election for the next president from their respective perspectives.

  During the period, a large number of well-known Russian singers and meritorious artists made their appearances to warm up the gathering.

  Although peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, said earlier, the possibility of Putin attending the rally in person was not ruled out. But when Pu Jing really appeared at the rally, it still caused the people to burst into cheers and applause for a long time.

  Smiling and wearing thick winter clothes, Putin walked quickly to the platform that day, waving and nodding to the people around him from time to time. Representatives from all walks of life on the platform gave way to meet the current Russian president.

  Putin stood still and began to speak to his supporters. He said that every effort will be made to make the Russian people and the next generation feel happy. If he wins the election, Russia will win a brilliant victory in the next 10 years. No one will accomplish this mission for us except us, and we will do it.

  Putin spoke for about two minutes. During this period, several warm applause broke out among the assembly people.

  After the speech, Putin said that he would lead all the participants to sing the Russian national anthem and shout "Russia", and the atmosphere at the whole rally reached a climax.

  The reporter of China News Service interviewed a number of participants at the scene. Many people say that choosing Putin in the general election means choosing "Russia’s strength and unity", which means "Russia’s sovereignty is guaranteed" and "Russia will gain hope".

  Others believe that the reason why they will support Putin in the election is that only Putin can serve as the Russian president. "Other candidates do not have this condition."

  According to a poll conducted by the Russian Social Opinion Fund at the end of February, nearly 70% of voters intend to vote for Putin in this presidential election. Among the remaining seven candidates, the highest support rate was 6.3%. (End)