On December 16, according to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the chairman of the Russian "Just Russia" party, Mironov, said that Russia will participate in the next session as an independent candidate
It is not surprising that Putin is running as an independent candidate, and with his popularity in Russia, there is no need to rely on any political party, and as long as he announces his candidacy, everyone else is destined to run with him. So what we want to talk about today is not such a suspenseful thing as "whether Putin can win the election", but what do we expect from Putin's next term?
Personally, I believe that in the next term of office, Putin's work will focus on how to resolve the worries that exist in relations with China.
Yes, the development of Sino-Russian relations is not always smooth, and we can see from Putin's annual summary that he may still have concerns about China.
A few days ago, Putin held an annual press conference and related live broadcast activities in Moscow, during which Putin answered nearly 70 questions related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, international relations and Russia's economic development, and comprehensively expounded his governing philosophy.
But what impressed me the most at this press conference was a more personal question: What advice would Putin give to his former self?
Putin replied: The most important thing is to warn the young self not to be too naïve and credulous in relations with the so-called "Western partners".
I believe that this is Putin's heartfelt words, think at the beginning, Putin has been pursuing to join the West, unite with Europe to keep warm, and even apply for NATO, but under the continuous influence of the United States, Putin's strategy has completely failed, and Putin has to admit that believing in the West is a wrong choice. Therefore, the current Putin takes the development of Sino-Russian relations as his primary goal, but the problem is that under the influence of Putin's long-term policy of "uniting Europe," there is a widespread pro-Western ideological foundation in Russia, and these people are skeptical about how Sino-Russian relations will develop.
The current Sino-Russian relations are indeed at the highest level in history, but we also have to admit that in the eyes of many Russians, China is not a trustworthy friend, after all, China and the Soviet Union have only been in the past few decades, you believe in China now, who knows if you will regret your "naivety" after a few decades?And many Chinese are also suspicious of Russia, just look at the pro-Ukrainian faction on the Internet.
Many people just look at Putin's tough guy image and tend to forget that he is already a 70-year-old man, how many more years can he be in power?Perhaps the next term of office will be the last term, so in the future ** term, he must lay the foundation of Sino-Russian friendship in the hearts of the Russian people, and must make the majority of Russians have no doubts about the development of Sino-Russian relations, Sino-Russian friendship is the political legacy he must leave for Russia, otherwise after him, if his successor changes his policy towards China, Sino-Russian relations will be repeated, it will not only affect Putin's personal historical evaluation, but also the future of the entire Russia.
So we saw that at this press conference, in the face of the enthusiastic questions from the world, Peskov originally planned to invite the reporter of the New York Times of the United States to speak, but Putin interrupted him and asked for a question from the reporter of the Xinhua News Agency of China, and then it was the turn of the New York Times. This is just a small matter, but it is from this kind of small matter that we can appreciate Putin's intentions for Sino-Russian relations.