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President Vladimir Putin promised this Sunday to make Russia a "sovereign power" in his first campaign speech ahead of the March elections. "Russia will be a sovereign and self-sufficient power or else it will cease to exist," Putin told senior leaders of his United Russia party at a congress supporting his candidacy. The Russian leader , leading the country since , announced on December 8 his candidacy for the presidential elections in March. If re-elected, a likely option in a political system where the opposition is almost non-existent, he could remain in the Kremlin until . The elections come after two years of offensive in Ukraine, which triggered a multitude of Western sanctions against Russia. Putin, 71, has said he will make “sovereignty” one of the key goals of his fifth term in the Kremlin.
We will only make decisions ourselves, without Europe Mobile Number List outside advice ," the president insisted. "Russia cannot - like some countries - give up its sovereignty for some sausages and become someone's satellite," the president stressed. The Western powers, he stressed, seek to "sow internal problems" in Russia. But "these tactics have not worked," he added. The Kremlin leader declared that there was still "a lot to do for Russia's interests" and that the country was facing "historic tasks." Vladimir Putin will seek re-election and will celebrate 30 years in power. Reuters photo All of Putin's political opponents are in jail or exile and Moscow has banned criticism of his campaign in Ukraine. party support The Kremlin party, United Russia, unanimously supported Putin's candidacy for re-election in the March elections during its federal congress.
We do not have the slightest doubt about who should be at the head of the Russian State in this tremendously complicated period, behind whom is the historical truth, justice and the support of the majority," said Dmitri Medvedev, leader of the ruling party. After assuring that United Russia will do everything possible to ensure that Putin once again achieves an "indisputable" victory in the presidential elections, he encouraged the delegates present to vote by show of hands. "The decision was approved unanimously," Medvedev said after those attending the congress raised their hands in the candidate's presence. Putin's victory must be "legitimate and absolutely indisputable," he stressed during an event held at the VDNJ exhibition park in which he also called to stop all attempts at foreign interference and any provocation that could destabilize the political situation during the electoral campaign.