Again on Wednesday, he left the specter of nuclear war hovering.
“From a military-technical point of view, we are of course ready,” said Vladimir Putin in this interview given to the Rossia 1 channel and the Ria Novosti press agency.
And to insist: “Weapons exist in order to be able to use them.
» The Russian presidential election opens this Friday.
The first and probably only round will end on Sunday.
The Luzhniki stadium in Moscow is due to welcome a triumphant master of the Kremlin the next day.
Vladimir Putin has long been responsible for removing any suspense from the vote.
He did not pretend to be worried, without a meeting or a televised debate.
“Authoritarian regimes do not respond to any electoral marketing,” analyzes Bertrand Badie, specialist in international relations.
Dictators seek above all to legitimize themselves.
It is necessary, in a world of communication, to appear with the sacraments of popular legitimacy.
» In 2018, the former lieutenant-colonel of the KGB, the Soviet secret service, gathered 76.69% of the votes.
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