Hero of the DPR Zhoga told how he asked Putin to go to the polls – Kommersant

The speaker of the DPR parliament, commander of the Sparta battalion, Artem Zhoga, shared in a conversation with reporters how he asked Vladimir Putin to run in the presidential elections again. According to the hero of the DPR, the head of state agreed to run for president of Russia in the 2024 elections, since “at such a time you need to be with the people.”

“On behalf of the residents of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, all military personnel, all friends and acquaintances, I said that we ask him to take part in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation in 2024. To which he said that times are different, difficult, difficult, but today he is with the people and will run for office,” Mr. Zhoga told reporters after presenting the Golden Star orders to military personnel in the St. George Hall of the Kremlin. Video published in Telegram channel “You listened to the Lighthouse”.

He added that Mr. Putin was asked to run for president again by “the mothers of the children who died, heroes of labor, the head of one of the enterprises, a miner from the Trans-Baikal Territory.”

Vice Speaker of the State Duma from United Russia Sergei Neverov reportedthat the party “certainly supports the nomination of Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate and will do everything for his victory.”

Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko believes that Vladimir Putin made a statement about his nomination for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, based on the real request of the Russians. “Putin’s decision to go to the polls became a guarantee of Russia’s development as a powerful, safe, sovereign state,” she wrote in Telegram channel. Ms. Matvienko said that she shares the opinion of Russians that Vladimir Putin inspires trust, confidence in the future and pride.

December 6 Federation Council appointed presidential elections on March 17, 2024. They will take place over three days: March 15, 16 and 17. The CEC will make a decision on holding elections in new regions of Russia before December 12 after consultations with security officials. According to the FOM, 70% of Russians support the nomination of Vladimir Putin for a new presidential term. Today Vladimir Putin reportedthat he decided to go to the polls for the fifth time.

Read more about the public reaction to the upcoming presidential elections in the material “Everything is calm in Russia”.

Alexander Kislov