All -Russian comedy March 17: why Putin needs re -election by the President

It seems that the election of Russian President is a absolutely meaningless action with a well -known result. But political scientist Viktor Nevzhenko sees them a very useful action for Putin at least three aspects. By holding these absurd elections, Putin, in fact, solves several tasks at once. First, Putin shows the ruling group, his environment that they should not hope for the successor or the evolution and political transit of Putin's absolute power.

Power in Russia, like the war against Ukraine, remains in Putin's hands until his death. Secondly, eternal re-election by 2036 is the plebiscite of his war with Ukraine. Putin wants to show that the Russian population supports the war, not rejecting it. People are ready to continue to endure and sacrifice their lives for Putin's aggressive plans.

Third, the routine of Putin's false re-election coincides with the terrible routine of the war and testifies to the extinction of political life in Russia. At the same time, formal re -election on an alternative basis during a real war creates the illusion of the normality of political life in Russia. Permanent slow war becomes the norm of life of the Russian state.

Moreover, immediately after these formal elections, Putin's propaganda will prove that this election in Russia is an example of democracy during the war, but Ukraine cannot decide on the same elections during the war. This demagogy will be the center of the Kremlin IPSO throughout the year. Fourth, Putin takes Russian citizens from elections as a form of politics and the way of legitimizing its absolute power.