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Kremlin won't say if Putin will seek re-election in 2024
Speculation has been growing in Russian media about Putin's plans for 2024, when a new election is due under Russia's constitutional rules.
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A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin is projected on a screen at Moscow’s Red Square on Sept. 30, 2022 as he addresses a rally and concert marking the annexation of four Ukrainian regions occupied by Russian forces: Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov)
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he Kremlin declined on Monday to say whether President Vladimir Putin would run seek re-election in 2024 when his current term ends, saying that no announcements had been made on the matter.
Speculation has been growing in Russian media about Putin's plans for 2024, when a new election is due under Russia's constitutional rules.
"The president has not made any statements on the matter," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked whether Putin planned to run for a new term.
Rights organisations, independent observers and Western governments say Russian elections are not free or fair, with Putin having quashed, exiled or imprisoned all major domestic opponents over his more than two decades in power.
There have also been widespread allegations of ballot stuffing which have been dismissed by the Kremlin.
