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AP: 　　8 Dec,2023

「Putin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election date」

Lawmakers in Russia set the country’s 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office.

でしょうね～　　それはともかく、この状態で、選挙をするとはすごい根性。

Under constitutional reforms he orchestrated, Putin is eligible to seek two more six-year terms after his current term expires next year, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036.

〜2036？　　ロシア人男性の平均寿命は男性 60歳なんですけど〜

もっともと中村 逸郎　筑波大学名誉教授に言われるとすでに何人かめの影武者なので特に驚かなくともいいとか。

The tight control over Russia’s political system that he has established during 24 years in power makes his reelection in March all but assured. Prominent critics who could challenge him on the ballot are either in jail or living abroad, and most independent media have been banned.
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Neither the costly, drawn-out war in Ukraine nor a failed rebellion last summer by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appear to have affected his high approval ratings reported by independent pollsters.

ロシア的？

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged his supporters in an online statement Thursday to vote for anyone but Putin.

きもちはわかるのですが、難しそう。

The Associated Press found that some of the billboards already had been taken down shortly after the announcement.

あ〜　あ〜

For Nadezhdin and Duntsova, getting on the ballot could be an uphill battle. Unless one of five political parties that have seats in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, nominates them as their candidate, they would have to gather tens of thousands of signatures across multiple regions.

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According to Russian election laws, candidates put forward by a party that is not represented in the State Duma or in at least a third of regional legislatures have to submit at least 100,000 signatures from 40 or more regions. Those running independently of any party would need a minimum of 300,000 signatures from 40 regions or more.

結構大変そう。

と思ったら、プーチンさんの政党では

The Interfax news agency quoted the party's leader, veteran lawmaker and staunch Putin supporter Sergei Mironov, as saying Thursday that A Just Russia would nominate Putin at a Dec. 23 congress even if the president decides to run as an independent.

ということですね。

Running as an independent is more likely for Putin, said independent political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin. “It will be too much honor for a party, he values himself highly.

なんだかね～

Analyst Oreshkin said the vote will be more of a "ritual" than a competitive electoral process.
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“This electoral ritual, electoral rite has a big significance for Putin and his team. It is important because it measures the loyalty of regional elites and (indicates) that the system works,” he said.

基本、ロシアってこんなものです。そもそもやわじゃロシアの大統領が務まらないと思います。

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