Muscovites show largely supportive as Putin confirms run for Russian presidency in 2024 election

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will run in the 2024 presidential election. Putin announced his plan at an awards ceremony at which he presented veterans of the war with Russia’s highest military honor. If elected, the 71-year-old will extend his 24-year leadership of Russia, albeit with an eight-year stint spent formally as prime minister. Independent polling suggests that support for Putin remains strong, with approval ratings of above 80 percent. Putin was handed the presidency by Boris Yeltsin on the last day of 1999, and has already served as president for longer than any other ruler of Russia since Stalin, beating even Leonid Brezhnev’s 18-year tenure. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!