Shortly before the election

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Around two weeks before the presidential election, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will give his traditional speech to the Russian nation, in which the head of state will outline his goals for the coming year. Of course, there is no question that Putin will no longer be president after the election.

The vote will take place from March 15 to 17. The opposition is not permitted. Putin's rivals support the Kremlin leader's policies and are seen by government critics as mere decoration. At the beginning of the third year of his war of aggression against Ukraine, Putin is also likely to address the course of the invasion.

What will the Kremlin leader announce this time?
In his speech, which is traditionally broadcast on state television, the president talks about the current situation in Russia, the economy and social policy. Many Russians complain about rising prices and the high cost of living in the world's largest country in terms of area. It will be Putin's 19th speech on the state of the nation. These groundbreaking speeches set the major political guidelines for Russian society.

In his last State of the Nation address, Putin declared, among other things, the suspension of the New Start nuclear disarmament treaty. He had skipped the speech in the first year of the war against Ukraine in 2022.