Putin: The time will come when I will name my possible successor

When the time comes, he will name his possible successor in the Kremlin, the Russian president announced Vladimir Putin today Wednesday (30/6) to the Russians.

He said, however, according to the APE-MPE, that this option must have the approval of the voters, as the Russians are the ones who “exercise the right to vote by direct secret ballot”.

“Of course, the time will come and I think I will be able to say that he or she, in my opinion, is worthy to lead such a great country as our homeland, Russia,” the Russian president said on live television. “Straight Line” show, in which once a year it answers citizens’ questions about domestic and foreign policy. He added that he considers it his responsibility to advise those who will run for president after him.

Putin, 68, has been in power as president or prime minister since the turn of the century. His current six-year term in the Kremlin ends in 2024.

Last year, Russia amended its constitution to give the Russian president the right to run for another two six-year terms so that he could remain in power until 2036.

The Russian president also said that the country’s first president Boris Yeltsin “did not hand over power” to him, but became acting head of state, according to the law, as then-prime minister.

Specifically, the Russian president clarified that “according to the constitution, in case of resignation of the president, temporary duties of president are assumed by the prime minister of the government of the Russian Republic. “I was also the prime minister.”

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