President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin decided to participate in the election of the head of state in 2018 because you think that without him the Russian Federation will fall apart.
Such an opinion on the air of "Echo of Moscow" was expressed by the Russian journalist and political scientist Arkady Dubnov.
"He has no strength, so to speak, to abandon this term. But because he firmly believes that without him, Russia will fall apart. That he has been keeping Russia since he managed it, as we are told by the official doctrine, managed to collect and hold it together in these critical 1999 and 2000 years, "he said..
Dubnov also believes that surrounded by the head of the Kremlin, there is no worthy successor.
"He needs, after all, people in the political warehouse and trusted absolutely. I believe that there is no such problem for Vladimir Vladimirovich today to seek a successor for 2018, "- added the journalist.
He also explained why Putin still did not announce his participation in the elections in 2018.
"We have already been told that elections should ... In my opinion, the head of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center said, yes? Fedorov, if I'm not mistaken, his surname. He once said that, in general, the task is to ensure the presidential elections so that they are of a referendum nature. Referendum. That is, voting for the approval of the acting head for the next term, "Dubnov recalled..
"We will assume that he voiced the opinion rather representative, so to speak, yes?. Well, in short, well, there's no point.
In order for the elections to be of a referendum character, and the referendum should be, so to speak, with a good result, as it is customary to say, 70-70 (70% turnout and 70% voted "for"), it is necessary to somehow adjust the situation to Rating to grow up, "- he summed up.
As reported by the "Observer", the Russian publicist Ilya Milstein believes that Putin can make his successor Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin. At the same time, like in the case of Dmitri Medvedev's presidency, he will retain his power and influence even after he leaves office.
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