Putin’s real challenge in running for president for four times is after winning the election.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 7 (a global hotspot) Putin’s real challenge in his fourth presidential campaign is after winning the election.
Xinhua news agency reporter
"I will run for the Russian presidential election."
On the 6th, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this when answering a question from a worker of Nizhny Novgorod Gorky Automobile Factory.
This is the fourth time Putin has participated in the Russian presidential election. At present, it seems that Putin lacks a strong campaign opponent and it is not difficult to be re-elected. However, analysts believe that Russia currently has a series of thorny problems in diplomacy and economy, which will test the winner of the election.
News fact
When Putin met with the workers of Gorky Automobile Factory on the same day, he said: "There is no better place than this place and this moment to announce (stand for election) … … Russia will keep moving forward, and no one can stop this progress at any time. "
Russia is scheduled to hold a new presidential election in March 2018. In recent months, Putin has been asked on many occasions whether to stand for election, but he has previously said that he has not decided yet.
According to a poll released by Russian polling agency Levada Center on the 4th, 53% of the respondents will vote for Putin in the upcoming weekend, and the second and third competitors will get 4% and 3% respectively.
According to a poll released by the Russian polling agency "Public Opinion" Foundation in November, 81% of the Russian people think that Putin has done a good job in the presidency, and 80% of the people have expressed their trust in Putin.
Remizov, director of the Russian National Institute for Strategic Studies, said that both Putin’s supporters and opponents are well aware of the election results.
[Depth analysis]
Analysts believe that since Putin was elected president for the first time, Russia’s status as a big country has been consolidated. In recent years, the Russian Air Force has shown its talents in Syria. Russia has resolutely defended its national interests through a tough foreign policy. Putin’s prestige has never been higher, and he is regarded by the Russian people as a symbol of stability and the realization of a strong country. At the same time, Putin gradually built a younger, more dynamic and more professional ruling team, and the political foundation was more stable, which provided him with organizational guarantee for focusing on the future.
On the other hand, the opposition camp, with complex members, lack of "leaders" and practical ideas and programs, is difficult to pose a practical challenge to Putin.
Public opinion generally believes that Putin’s challenge is not to win the general election, but how to deal with various problems in power after the election: how to reverse Russia-US relations and reduce the negative impact on the economy and people’s lives caused by confrontation and Western sanctions? How to alleviate the polarization between the rich and the poor and curb corruption? How to adjust Russia’s economic development model to adapt to the breakthrough technological revolution in the fields of finance, commerce, information technology and medical care?
[First Comment]
Putin’s election is reasonable and expected, and even being re-elected is considered to be only a matter of time.
From a little-known former agent to an "iron-fisted president" in charge of a huge country, Putin’s political career is almost equivalent to the contemporary history of Russian countries. In a sense, Putin has shaped Russia today.
In the past few years, Russia has experienced the pain of the Ukrainian crisis and the ensuing economic downturn. After drawing a painful lesson, Russia under Putin abandoned its previous unrealistic illusions about the West and established a global policy of turning to the East, taking the Middle East as a stronghold and opening up a "circle of friends" by sending troops to Syria.
Although the economic structure, living standards and corruption have been criticized, and the voices of the West are constantly singing down Russia, Putin’s high support rate and Russia’s stable social situation show that the road taken by Putin to lead Russia represents the will of the Russian people. As a leader who pursues stability, if he wins the election, Putin will undoubtedly continue his current domestic and foreign policy.
[Background link]
Putin was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in October 1952, and graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad University in 1975 with an associate doctorate in economics. He worked in the national security agencies of the Soviet Union, including in the GDR from 1985 to 1990.
Putin served as acting president on December 31, 1999, was elected president of Russia on March 26, 2000 and was re-elected in 2004. Because the Russian Constitution stipulates that the same person cannot serve as president for more than two consecutive terms, Putin did not participate in the presidential election in 2008, but became the prime minister of the government.
At the end of 2008, the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) passed a constitutional amendment, extending the term of office of the president from four years to six years, which will apply from the newly elected president in 2012. In March 2012, Putin was elected president for the third time. (Reporter: Wei Lianglei, Wang Chendi, Zhao Yan; Editor: Shang Jing, Sun Hao, Wang Fengfeng)
Putin announced his participation in the 2018 Russian presidential election.