Russia Presidential Election D-100... "78.5% of People Trust Putin"

Kremlin: "If Putin Runs, There Will Be No Competitors"

With the Russian presidential election just 100 days away, a poll shows that trust in Vladimir Putin, the Russian president widely expected to seek re-election, is approaching 80%.

According to a report by TASS news agency, a survey released on the 8th (local time) by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center VTsIOM showed that public trust in President Putin remained at 78.5%, the same as last week.

The survey was conducted from the 27th of last month to the 3rd of this month, targeting 1,600 adults residing in Russia.

Support for Putin's administration rose by 0.6 percentage points from last week to 75.8%.

The approval rating for the Russian government stands at 51.4%, while support for Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's job performance is 53.3%. Trust in Mishustin himself was recorded at 61.9%.

Although there are criticisms that it is difficult to fully accept the results from the state-run Russian polling agency, it is true that the dominant expectation is that President Putin will succeed in securing re-election in next year's presidential election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering a speech at the credential presentation ceremony for ambassadors from 21 countries held on the 4th (local time) at the Alexander Hall of the Moscow Kremlin.
[Photo by AP News]

President Putin has not yet officially declared his candidacy for the presidential election.

Since the Russian Federation Council confirmed the presidential election date as March 17 next year, exactly 100 days away, there is speculation that Putin will soon make an official announcement of his candidacy.

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, said at a briefing that "President Putin will announce his decision to run for president when he deems it appropriate," adding, "Many are urging President Putin to run for president again."

Earlier, he also declared, "If President Putin decides to run, there will be no one who can compete with him."

The Russian Central Election Commission has decided to hold the presidential vote over three days, from March 15 to 17 next year. Due to Russia's vast territory, multi-day elections are common.

Since December 31, 1999, when he became acting president following the resignation of former President Boris Yeltsin, President Putin has maintained real power as either president or prime minister. If he succeeds in re-election next year, he will extend his term by another six years until 2030.

Thanks to the 2020 constitutional amendment, which opened the way for him to serve two more six-year presidential terms, he could remain in power until 2036, when he will be 84 years old.

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