Russian President Vladimir Putin is hesitant about his participation in the election of the head of the Russian Federation, because he understands that his next presidential term will be an epoch of decay for the country.

This opinion was expressed by the Russian publicist Leonid Radzikhovsky to the site "Apostrophe".

"He is very fast - and there is less time every day - to decide whether to be or not to be. That is, whether to go to the elections and become the president of the Russian Federation for another 6 years or not to go. It is clear that if he goes, then, of course, he will be chosen. It's completely unclear what Putin will do. Will choose it, of course, the mandate will confirm it. But his mandate is not on trust. This is a mandate for the gradual loss of confidence over the next 6 years. If there is no miracle, it will be a mandate for six years of decay, and he understands this perfectly. I think he feels it more sharply than all others, "the publicist believes..

According to Radzikhovsky, the time of Barack Obama came to an end when Russia was very active on the international stage, than Putin compensated for the stagnation in the country, attracted the attention of the whole world and thereby sought popularity and success within the Russian Federation.

"No external activity that compensates for internal failures is no longer possible. And inside the country there is nothing to hope for, because the economy is stagnating. And even if the economy will grow by 1-1.5% per year, this will bring no joy and a sense of success, "he said..

At the same time, Radzikhovsky noted, Putin will go to the polls, because under the current political regime in Russia, the president is chosen by a single person - he himself.

"External shocks, external drivers for Putin to go into the stage of confidence, activity, vivacity - they are for a 65-year-old man who for at least 6 years will still lead the country (which he already runs 17 years), which has been in recent years in The state of socioeconomic stagnation and psychological marasmus, I do not see, "he stressed..

"I think that the choice for him is very simple technically, but not easy psychologically," concluded the publicist.

As reported by the "Observer", Leonid Radzikhovsky also explained why Vladimir Putin did not show any breakthroughs during the meeting with Angela Merkel and the conversation with Donald Trump.

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