Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that he would seek a new term in the presidential election next year.

 

俄罗斯总统普京周三宣布将在明年总统选举中寻求连任。

 

"I will stand as a candidate for the post of president of the Russian Federation," Putin was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying during a meeting with employees of a car-making plant in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.

 

Russia is scheduled to hold its next presidential election on March 18, 2018. Putin is largely expected to win by a landslide¹.

 

Putin was first elected as president of Russia in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. From 2008 to 2012, he served as prime minister. In 2012, he was elected president again.

 

So far, several people have officially declared their intention to join the 2018 presidential race, including Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia; Grigory Yavlinsky, founder² of the liberal Yabloko party; and Maxim³ Suraikin, head of the Communists of Russia party.

 

The list also includes TV presenter⁴ Ksenia Sobchak, businessman Sergei Polonsky, as well as singer and journalist Ekaterina Gordon.

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