Vladimir Putin has said he will run for president in the March 2024 election, moving the longtime Russian leader a step closer to a fifth term in office.
The announcement on Friday was widely expected and there is little question about the outcome.
Putin has dominated Russia’s political system and the media for the past two decades, jailing prominent opposition politicians, such as Alexei Navalny and Ilya Yashin, who could challenge him on the ballot. Putin has won previous elections by a landslide, but independent election watchdogs say they were marred by widespread fraud.
Putin’s long-term spokesperson in a previous interview said: “Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90% of the vote”.
I wonder who will win!?
Nobody.
Oh, I’m sure a few Russian oligarchs and mobsters will win big.
Putin is gonna lose the election to Putin, just you wait!
Yes.
Spoiler alert, he wins
Man why did you do that. Now it’s just not going to be the same watching it.
Right? I was kinda hoping the other guy nab maybe 40% of the votes atleast and only leave 80% for Putin
In Russia the numbers math you
By a landslide with 107% of the vote
Wow, he’s really lost his touch with the people, compared to his days of 127% and then 146%
Real spoiler alert: it’s actually his double that wins. Putin’s been dead for six months.
We all already know how this will end. It’ll be a landslide win, with the closest opponent getting 5% of votes at best. That’s assuming they won’t fall out of a seemingly random window by then
At no stage in history has Trump ever had anything close to that physique.
Fair point. Also, nice username 👏👏👏
“Run” is used loosely here.
“Sit comfy”
The arrests have already begun.
Why not just do like the Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and become a “forever” dictator?
Xi isn’t a dictator for life, he still has to be re-elected by the politburo each time his term runs out. It’s just that he has purge and stacked everywhere to an extent it seems impossible that he ever wont be re-elected unless something dramatic happens.
Being “voted” in is a powerful political tool
One of the Russian politicians calls this whole tendency “acclamation” - Putin is basically doing it to make everyone nod in agreement, saying that they at least don’t mind him being in power; long story short, it a mental gymnastics move to push lies about legitimacy and support around the country and outside so that everyone argues over nothing instead of acting.
And then beatings on top of that.
He’s already won with 97% of the vote!
The other 3% have their execution dates set.
Hmm I wonder who will win?
Remember when he termed out?
Also, I look forward to hearing policy positions from his opponent … oops he fell out a window. This other candidate … window. And … window.
Well it’s not Putin’s fault if all the other candidates are idiots and so stupid they cannot even keep themselves from falling out of a window. Also, do you want someone suicidal to run your country? /s
Imagine if this is his way out of the war, he just loses the election (to a puppet prob) and then it’s their problem. They pull out of the war and then putin says “I would never have pulled out of the war, shameful display!”
That’d be amazing
Sad it’s not gonna happen
This war is Putin’s entire life goal. Gone bad. He’s not pulling out before he’s dead. Let’s hope he chokes on his food.
Yeah its totally an “election”
It’s easy to win when all your opponents tragically fall out of a window.
He looks like a ball of dough wrapped around a lump of shit
On the ballot “Putin” or “Frontline”.
Betting houses are offering .5 to 1 odds he wins. Halve your money with one smart bet!
