The Kremlin hopes that the all-out war against Ukraine will be over by 2024
Sources close to the Kremlin told Medusa that so far they only see the “contours” of the campaign, but it is already clear that the campaign will be “tailor-made for Putin”.
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“There will be no Liberal candidates,” Meduza’s source told the outlet.
“Not even just for show.”
Another anonymous source explained that campaign preparations for these staged “elections” typically begin about a year and a half before the date: First, the overall “contours” of the campaign are laid out; then political advisers are appointed to ‘secure’ voting in the regions. “Mobilization networks” should be set up six months in advance. This means that people with government-funded jobs and other reliable pro-regime voters will be “mobilized” for organized turnout while the campaign’s “ideological strategy” is finalized.
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According to Meduza, the ideological strategy of the 2024 campaign is still unknown. The only aspect of the campaign known so far is Putin’s focus on anti-Western narratives and “Greater Russia” fantasies. Meduza sources say Kremlin politicians admit that this rhetoric “has nothing to do with voters’ real concerns,” only the interests of Putin himself.
“There is hope in the Kremlin that the war in Ukraine will end in time before the elections,” Meduza reported.
“But no one knows exactly how it will end and how to shape its ending. There should be full support – also to demonstrate the President’s popularity in the West itself.”
One of the Kremlin’s political analysts told Meduza that imposing full-fledged martial law across Russia to postpone the vote would be the “most logical” and “most understandable” scenario for Putin’s regime.
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“By 2024, the economic consequences of sanctions and Russia’s isolation will be fully apparent,” the source explained, adding that he thinks the above scenario is unlikely.
“Of course you can present any election result you like, but why upset the population with such, well, not very credible record figures?”
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