According to TASS on December 17, the United Russia Party held its 21st Congress in Moscow on the 17th, and the participants unanimously supported Putin's self-nomination as a candidate for the election. The elections will be held from March 15 to 17, 2024.
According to the report, the venue of the congress was set up at the Exhibition Hall of the Achievements of the Russian National Economy, where the "Russia" international exhibition and forum is being held. Before the congress, Putin briefly inspected the regional displays. Upon arrival, Putin thanked the delegates for their support and declared that Russia has the right and the need to be strong and autonomous. On the eve of the elections, he said, everyone has to be prepared, and the tasks will snowball: "But we are Russia, a country that spends most of its time in winter, right?."We loved the snow. ”
As the party's chairman, Dmitry Medvedev, said that the United Russia party "has not the slightest doubt about who should be the head of state in this extremely complicated period" and will do everything in their power to ensure that Putin wins the elections in the Russian Federation in March next year.
Speaking to the participants, Medvedev stressed: "In March 2024, our party will do everything in its power to help the incumbent of Russia win another unconditional victory." Putin's victory, he said, should be absolutely reasonable, legitimate and undisputed, and would make it possible to "completely overwhelm those forces that threaten security and sovereignty."
Medvedev then announced the decision of the congress: "Unanimously adopted. ”
Speaking to members of the United Russia party, Putin said: "Of course, first of all, I want to thank you for your consistent and reliable support. For me, it means a lot. ”
"The times demand that we be firm, united, and ready to meet any challenge, even the most daunting one," he said, adding that attempts to undermine inter-ethnic and inter-religious civic harmony are "betrayal and crimes against Russia."
The Russian people, both in the past and in the future, are the ...... the only givers of powerWe will defend their autonomy to choose their own future from any outside interference. ”
In Putin's view, Russia will either be sovereign or cease to exist. "It's something very important and it has to be in our heads and hearts at all times," he said. ”
"Russia cannot exchange sovereignty for sausages and become someone's client state, as some countries do," he said, and Russia will only make all decisions on its own and "will not accept prompts from others from abroad."
By launching a real aggression against us – which is intensifying year after year – the Western elites want to bring down not only the Russian economic and social sphere, but also our national political system. They were, and still are, believe that they can provoke civil strife in our country. But such an approach will not work for Russia, a free, independent sovereign state, and, I am sure, will not work in the future. ”
* Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov revealed on the sidelines of the congress that Putin's campaign headquarters will be formed "at an opportune time" before the 2024 elections. (Compiled by Hu Liwen).