{"id":2119879,"date":"2023-12-08T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-seeks-5th-presidential-term-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:34:57","slug":"putin-seeks-5th-presidential-term-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-seeks-5th-presidential-term-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin aims for 5th term as Russian President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-seeks-5th-presidential-term-in-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2119879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin attending a ceremony to present Gold Star \u200cmedals to \u200bHeroes of Russia on the eve of the Heroes of the Fatherland Day at the St. George Hall of \u2064the \u200bGrand Kremlin\u200b Palace in\u2062 Moscow on December 8, 2023.\u2063 (Photo \u2063by SERGEY GUNEYEV\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:23 AM \u2013 Friday,\u2064 December 8,\u2064 2023<\/p>\n<h2>Vladimir\u200c Putin Announces Bid for\u200c Presidency, Extending His Rule<\/h2>\n<p>Vladimir Putin has declared\u2063 that \u200dhe \u2063will \u200dseek the presidency once more in the March 2024\u200b elections in Russia,\u200d a decision that may see him hold onto power until \u2063at least 2030.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following a \u2063ceremony\u200b at \u2062the Kremlin, \u200cthe\u2062 Russian president\u2019s official home,\u200c Putin made the\u2063 announcement\u200b on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200can attempt to maintain his hold on power as prime minister or head \u2064of state for more than 20 years, \u200bPutin, 71, will\u200b run for president a \u200bfifth time\u200d in\u200c the elections scheduled for March 17<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>Residents in the seized Ukrainian \u2064regions\u200b of Donetsk, Luhansk, \u2063Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson\u2014annexed by\u2064 Russia during \u200dthe \u200dconflict\u2014will also be\u2063 voting in their first presidential election since the 2018 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Election Commission of\u2063 Russia said that on March 15<sup>th<\/sup>, \u200b16<sup>th<\/sup>, and 17<sup>th<\/sup>, over the course of three days, \u201chouse-to-house \u200cvoting\u201d will be held \u2064in those four regions. The \u2064local elections \u2064in these areas, which \u200cwere arranged by officials with Russian support, have already been denounced by the international\u200d community as fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>August 1999 saw \u200bPutin take over \u2064as Russia\u2019s acting prime\u2064 minister, and \u200bon New Year\u2019s Eve of that year, then-President Boris Yeltsin abruptly handed over the presidential baton \u200cto Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Before \u2064leaving office\u2063 in 2008,\u200c Putin held \u2064the office for two four-year terms. This was\u200d due to the fact that \u2062he was not allowed by the\u200b constitution to\u2064 seek another term as\u200d president. Putin\u200d supported Dmitry Medvedev, who succeeded him as president, and he \u200bbecame prime minister once more.<\/p>\n<p>However, Putin won back the presidency in \u200b2012, and he\u200d has\u2064 not let go \u2064of it since. Putin first signed a\u200b bill in 2021 that allowed him to seek two more six-year terms after winning re-election\u2064 in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the \u2064legal\u200c modifications, Putin may be \u2064able to continue ruling until 2036, when he will be well \u200cinto his\u200b third\u2062 decade of power and in \u200dhis mid-80s.<\/p>\n<p>In March,\u200d Putin \u2062should\u2063 only see minimal resistance. Opposition politicians \u200bhave suffered similar outcomes during his autocratic rule:\u2062 exile, incarceration,\u2063 or even death under dubious circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>On allegations of extremism, Russian \u2063opposition leader \u2064Alexei Navalny, who presented one of Putin\u2019s biggest\u2062 political obstacles\u200c while he was in office, was given \u2063a\u200d 19-year jail term in August. According to Navalny and\u2062 his allies, his\u2064 detention was\u200b politically motivated \u200band meant to \u200cstifle his\u2063 criticism of Putin.<\/p>\n<p>When Navalny returned to Russia in 2021, he was taken into custody right away. 2020 saw him transported from Russia to \u2064Germany following\u2064 his poisoning with the nerve toxin Novichok, which was used during \u200cthe \u200dSoviet period.<\/p>\n<p>After\u2062 being sent to a hospital\u2062 in Berlin for medical\u200c attention \u200bfrom the Siberian \u200bcity of Omsk, Navalny was found unconscious.\u2064 However, Russia still disputes any responsibility for Navalny\u2019s poisoning. In \u2063December 2020, Putin declared that Russian security services \u201cwould have finished\u201d the assassination of Navalny if they had\u2062 wanted to.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin makes a great \u200beffort\u200b to shield the Russian people from the worst of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. However, Ukraine has made \u2062several attempts to bring the \u200bbattle closer\u2063 to home by conducting its own strikes on \u2063Russian towns, including the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063exact number of Russian casualties from \u200cthe conflict in Ukraine is still unknown.\u200b Defense Minister Sergei\u200b Shoigu declared in\u200d September 2022 that 5,937\u2063 soldiers had lost their lives in the conflict. Since then, however, the ministry has not released a report\u2063 that has been disclosed to the \u2064American press.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. intelligence placed the death toll even higher.<\/p>\n<p>The defense\u2064 ministry \u2064of \u200bthe United Kingdom stated in October that since\u2063 February 2022, Russia\u2062 has \u2062most likely \u200dexperienced between 150,000 and 190,000 \u201cpermanent causalities,\u201d which refers to dead or permanently injured soldiers or civilians.<\/p>\n<p>As the Russia-Ukraine war approaches \u200bits 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u200dmonth, Russia continued to draw on its \u200dpopulation earlier this month \u2063when it declared\u200d it\u2062 would increase its\u2064 military force by 170,000.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2063 breaking\u200c news \u2064blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A new Freedom Economy Survey, in \u2063conjunction with Public\u200d Square and Red \u200cBalloon, finds America\u2019s small businesses are\u2063 struggling under high inflation, expensive capital, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-finds-small-businesses-struggling-in-current-economy\/\" title=\"Small businesses are facing difficulties in the current economy, according to a recent survey\">slowing consumer economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A crowded field of \u200bRepublican candidates for West \u200cVirginia Governor \u2062have gathered for the\u2063 first primary\u200d debate,\u200b yet \u2063Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has declined\u2062 to participate. One \u200cAmerica\u2019s Daniel \u200cBaldwin has more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ed Martin<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Clint Dorris<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More than 10 million people have signed up for X in December, X CEO \u2064Linda Yaccarino said in \u2062a post \u2062on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Alphabet shares ended\u2062 5.3% higher on Thursday as Wall Street \u200ccheered the launch of Gemini.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta Platforms will add \u200cinvisible watermarking to its \u200ctext-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-to-introduce-watermarking-feature-for-some-ai-products\/\" title=\"Meta is adding a watermarking feature to certain AI products\">-image generation product imagine<\/a> \u200dwith Meta AI chatbot in the coming weeks \u2063to enhance transparency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Alphabet introduced\u200c its most advanced \u200cartificial intelligence\u200d model capable of crunching different forms of information such as video, audio and text.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2064rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has Putin\u2064 suppressed political opposition during his rule, and what recent high-profile case exemplifies this suppression<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Vladimir Putin\u2062 Announces \u200cBid for Presidency, Extending His Rule<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin, the long-standing president of Russia,\u2062 has announced that he will seek re-election in the upcoming March 2024 elections. \u200dThis decision could potentially see him hold onto \u2063power \u2062until at least 2030, further extending his rule. Putin made \u200dthe announcement following a \u2062ceremony at \u200cthe Kremlin, his official residence, on\u200c Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt\u2064 to maintain his hold\u200d on power as either prime minister or head\u2063 of state for over two\u200d decades, Putin,\u200c who is \u206271 years old,\u2064 will run for president for the fifth time in the elections scheduled\u200c for March 17th. This move comes as no surprise, as Putin has \u2064previously served as both president \u200dand prime minister and has \u2062shown \u200ca strong desire to retain control.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth\u2063 noting that residents in the seized Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, which were annexed by Russia during the\u2063 conflict,\u2064 will also be voting \u200din their \u2064first presidential election since \u200d2018. However, these elections have already been denounced by the international community as fraudulent, as they\u2063 were arranged by Russian officials with support from the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>Putin first\u2062 came to power as Russia&#8217;s acting\u200c prime minister in\u2064 August 1999. Just\u200c a few months later, \u200dthen-President \u200bBoris Yeltsin unexpectedly \u2064handed over the presidential baton to Putin on New Year&#8217;s Eve. \u200bPutin served two four-year terms as president before leaving office in 2008. At that time, the Russian constitution \u200bprohibited him from seeking another term, \u2062so he supported Dmitry Medvedev as\u200c his successor and took over as prime minister. However, Putin won back the presidency\u200b in \u20622012 and has held onto it since.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200b2021, Putin signed a bill that \u2064allowed him to seek two more six-year \u200dterms after winning re-election in 2018. With these \u2063legal modifications, Putin \u2063could \u2062potentially continue \u200cruling until\u200b 2036 when he will be in his \u2062mid-80s and well into\u2063 his third decade of power.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to political\u2063 opposition, Putin has\u200c managed to\u200d suppress it effectively during his\u2064 autocratic rule. \u2064Opposition politicians have faced exile,\u2062 incarceration,\u200b or even death under suspicious circumstances.\u200d One of Putin&#8217;s most prominent political opponents, Alexei Navalny, was \u2062recently given a 19-year jail term\u2062 on\u2062 charges of extremism. Navalny \u200band his allies believe his detention was politically motivated to \u2062silence his criticism of Putin.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing conflict\u200d between Russia and Ukraine \u2062has also played a significant role in\u2062 Putin&#8217;s rule.\u2062 The Kremlin has made\u2063 considerable efforts to shield\u2063 the Russian people from the \u2062worst of the conflict, but Ukraine has retaliated by conducting strikes on \u200bRussian towns, including\u2062 the Kremlin\u2064 itself.<\/p>\n<p>The exact number of Russian casualties from the conflict is still unknown. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated in September 2022 that 5,937 soldiers had\u200b lost their lives. However, the ministry \u2062has not \u2062released \u200dany further \u200breports \u2063on casualties. U.S. intelligence \u200dsuggests that the death toll may be even higher.<\/p>\n<p>As the Russia-Ukraine war approaches its 22nd month, \u200cRussia continues \u200cto draw on\u2062 its population for military support. These\u200d ongoing conflicts \u2062and\u200b Putin&#8217;s\u2062 bid for\u2064 re-election in 2024\u2063 indicate that his rule is unlikely to end anytime soon. The international \u200dcommunity \u2064will closely observe the upcoming elections and their impact on Russia&#8217;s political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin was photographed attending a ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 8, 2023. The event was held to present Gold Star medals to Heroes of Russia on the eve of the Heroes of the Fatherland Day. 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