AFP: If Putin wins, and he most likely will, he will cement himself in power like Stalin

Presidential elections have been announced in Moscow and will be held in Russia on March 18.

The agencies estimate that the current president, Vladimir Putin, has no competition.

According to the AFP agency, according to the latest public opinion polls, Putin can currently count on the support of 58 percent of voters. Although this is a drop compared to December 2007, when 75 percent of Russians supported him, Putin has no serious competitor for now, reports B92.

If he wins, and most likely he will, he will be cemented in power until 2024 and thus become the leader with the most years spent in the leading position of Russia, like Stalin, assesses AFP and reminds that he, as the first directly elected president of Russia, came to power in 2000. years.

Last week, the Central Election Commission announced that 23 candidacies have been announced so far. AFP, on the other hand, states that no candidate is even close to being able to reach Putin.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is banned from running, and Ksenia Sobchak has little chance. However, the possibility of additional candidacies is not excluded.

For example, according to AFP, it may happen that both Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who are tolerated by the Kremlin, will run for president of Russia, as both have announced that they will do so.

At the big annual press conference, where 1.640 journalists from all over the world were accredited, Putin himself said, explaining his candidacy, that he has no competition.