Congress of United Russia supported Vladimir Putin's decision to go to the presidential election in 2018 self-nominated. This was reported in the press service of the party.

The Chairman of the EP and the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that the party is ready to support him "both now and in the future". In his opinion, in the current situation, Putin is right to rely on the widest sections of the population outside the party context.

Speaking at the Congress, Vladimir Putin called upon party members to honestly identify the problems of the country and persistently resolve them.

"It is necessary to eliminate what prevents to go forward, set even more ambitious goals and achieve results. There are a lot of important, important, urgent cases ahead of us, and all that we managed to do is only a foundation, but not a guarantee of further successful development, "the head of state stressed..

Recall, December 14, at his annual press conference, Vladimir Putin announced that he is going to the presidential elections of the Russian Federation self-nominated.

Photo: the press service of the EP.