"Patriotic Candidate": Britain explained why Putin appears more often in front of cameras

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of the Southern Military District twice in Rostov-on-Don twice. He tries to seek himself as a "patriotic" candidate on the eve of the election campaign, according to British intelligence. The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin began to appear more often in the public space before the election campaign. This was reported at the UK Ministry of Defense in X (Twitter).

On November 9, the Kremlin stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a traditional combined press conference and a "straight line" by the end of the year. The British intelligence emphasized that this event was canceled in 2022, probably because the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had suffered high -profile military failures in Ukraine.

"The Kremlin planners will almost certainly consider this event as an important point in Putin's predictable campaign to get the fifth time in the March 2024 presidential elections," the Britain Ministry said. The defense department noted that Putin may announce his candidacy by the end of 2023.

Also on November 10, the President of the Russian Federation visited the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, where he met with the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation General Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigh.

In British intelligence, it was added that it was Putin's second visit to the headquarters in four weeks, which may mean a probable revival of his constant efforts to present himself as a "patriotic" candidate before the election campaign. We will remind, on November 14 in the media that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Parliament approved by the Parliament to the law on the election of the Head of State.