For the first time from the beginning of the invasion: Putin will draw a straight line with the Russians - the media

According to the journalists, the event will be election character and will take place before the re -election of Vladimir Putin, which should take place on March 17, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since the beginning of the war in Ukraine will draw a straight line with the Russians. This event is scheduled for December 14. This was reported in the Russian edition of RBC two sources, familiar with the course of its preparation.

In 2022, the Kremlin abandoned large public formats with the participation of Putin: there was no straight line and a press conference. However, this year the event will be election nature and will take place before Putin's re -election, which should take place on March 17, 2024. Putin, who has been managing the state since 2000, has not officially announced the nomination for a new, formally fifth presidential term.

However, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the current head of state enjoys "absolute support of the population" and his victory in the elections, if he goes to them, will be "obvious. " The main theme of Putin's election campaign will be criticism of the "collective event", as well as the image of Russia as a "island of rest" in a stormy world chaos, said "Meduzi" close to the Kremlin of the source.

At the same time, the survey of Russian sociologists has shown that 68% of Russians are not ready to support presidential candidate over 70 years. Old age is included in the top of the most unpopular characteristics of the possible contender for the presidential chair, along with belonging to the LGBT community (80%). Recall that the West is not attached to the elections in Russia, because they do not consider them democratic and competitive.