The new mandate allows Putin to remain in power like other presidents, especially in Africa. At the head of countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Uganda or Belarus are ‘strong men’, who have raised authoritarian regimes.

By controlling the institutions, obtaining the support of social groups and persecuting dissent, the leaders have managed to stay in power, as the researcher of Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico explains in the video that accompanies this news. Video by Hilda Varela Barraza and Carl Henrik Knutsen.