Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced his intention to run for president again in the 2024 election, which will extend his power until at least 2030. This comes as a surprise after predictions of an imminent defeat for Russia in its war with Ukraine.
Putin announced his intention to run for president again in the 2024 election, a move that will keep him in power until at least 2030. – REUTERSPIX a difference a year makes. Barely a year ago Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and most leaders from the West were pronouncing the imminent defeat of Russia in its war with Ukraine .
At that time, Russian setbacks on the battlefield, heavy casualties and military disarray were seen as forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to sue for peace and to withdraw from its occupation of the territories in the Crimea region which had provoked the decision to invade Ukraine. This did not happen. Meanwhile, Western sanctions, supplemented by those of its allies - notably Japan, South Korea and Singapore in Asia – had made it costly for Russia to finance the war without hurting the Russian economy. Ukraine, on the other hand, was the recipient of an unprecedented bonanza of foreign assistance, both military and non-military.The US, Nato and Zelensky expected that a humiliating defeat for Russia would lead to regime chang
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