Mironov will offer not to nominate a presidential candidate from SRZP and support Putin

The leader of Just Russia – For Truth (SRZP), Sergei Mironov, said that at the party congress he would propose not to nominate a candidate for the presidential election from his party, but to support the incumbent President Vladimir Putin. In January, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov saidthat Vladimir Putin did not make any statements about his intention to participate in the next presidential elections.

According to Sergei Mironov, the reporting and re-election congress of the party may take place on May 20 or a little later. He announced that he would invite his comrades at this congress not to nominate a party candidate for president, but to support Vladimir Putin.

“I believe that this will be the most correct patriotic decision. Nothing to play the fool. We have a leader, we have a true patriot of his country, who today is fighting not only for the future of our Motherland, but also for the future of humanity,” the politician said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.

Sergei Mironov also stressed that it was his position not to nominate a candidate from the party. Whether his party comrades will support him, the congress will show, he concluded.

According to VTsIOM data, as of February 12, the Just Russia – For Truth party is supported by 5.3% of respondents. In the previous presidential elections in 2018, A Just Russia also supported the candidacy of Vladimir Putin.

The next presidential election in Russia is to be held on March 17, 2024. As before found out Kommersant, the Kremlin began preparations for the electoral cycle in January 2023.

Erdni Kagaltynov