The United Russia party backed Putin’s candidacy unanimously, with party leaders and public figures making adoring speeches lending him support.The party is headed by Dmitry Medvedev, who switched roles with Putin in 2008 to serve as president before Putin returned to the Kremlin.Medvedev has become one of the most hawkish figures in Russia during the Ukraine campaign.The 2024 election will come as Moscow’s Ukraine campaign drags on for another winter, costing a high number of deaths on both sides, with criticism of the military operation banned in Russia.Sow internal troublesRussia has said it is withstanding Western economic pressure.Putin accused Western countries of wanting to “sow internal troubles” in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to make Russia “sovereign and self-sufficient” in the face of the West, in his first campaign speech before a March vote to extend his long rule until at least 2030. Is Putin the right man for Russia?
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