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The Upper House of Russia 's Parliament set the country's next presidential elections for March 17, , in which everything indicates that Vladimir Putin will seek to extend his power for another six years , although he has not yet presented his candidacy. After years of methodically eliminating all internal opposition, with these elections the Russian president has the opportunity to remain in power until when he would turn 78 years old. A cardboard cutout of Putin, in Moscow. Photo EFE Senators of the Federation Council, the Upper House of the Russian Parliament, unanimously decided to "set the presidential elections for March 17, ." shortly after the second anniversary of the launch of the offensive in Ukraine.
The decision "practically launches the presidential Armenia Mobile Number List campaign" in Russia, said the president of the institution, Valentina Matvienko. As Moscow claimed in September the annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia), the elections will be "a kind of culmination of reunification," he estimated. The vote will also take place on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. Putin in a cup. Presidential memories in Moscow. Photo: EFEPutin in a cup. Presidential memories in Moscow. Photo: EFE After a difficult marked by setbacks on the front and a series of Western sanctions, Russia is in a better position for the failure of the great Ukrainian counteroffensive In summer, the erosion of American and European support for Kiev and the realignment of the national economy.
Almost all of Putin's main opponents, including anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, have been jailed or forced into exile. Furthermore, any criticism of the operation against Ukraine is harshly punished in court. Matvienko celebrated the "consolidation" of society around power, despite "difficult external circumstances and the enemy's attempts to weaken Russia." In your opinion, "We citizens are more united than ever" around Putin's government, "and the task of the State is to show itself worthy of this trust, to prevent the slightest provocation." Putin, who came to power in , can theoretically remain in the Kremlin until thanks to a controversial constitutional reform approved in . Although he has not officially announced his candidacy, there is little doubt of his willingness to remain for six more years.