At 71 years old, Vladimir Putin He keeps the desire to retire and withdraw from power very far away. The president of Russia and most influential leader of recent times in the Eurasian giant confirmed this Friday the 8th his intention to run for re-election in the elections scheduled for March 17, 2024.
LOOK: Putin will run for president again in the 2024 elections
This will be the fifth time that Putin has run for office since he replaced Boris Yeltsin on December 31, 1999. Since then, the former KGB spy has remained at the head of Russia with a brief pause between 2008 and 2012 in which he was replaced by Dmitri Medvedev, a stage in which he served as prime minister although he was, according to his critics and also his admirers, the real man in charge of power.
The candidacy for re-election is the culmination of a path that began in 2018 with a reform that would allow him to remain in power until 2036.
Because the opposition is almost nonexistent in the country as a result of the repression promoted by the Kremlin, Putin’s election is practically a fact.
This, however, will come at one of the most complicated moments for the Russian leader, engaged for almost two years in a war against Ukraine that has earned the country rigorous international sanctions and led to an internal economic crisis.
Below, review Putin’s political milestones since assuming the presidency of Russia in the following special prepared by Trade.
