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May 7, 2017 marks the fifth anniversary of the day when Vladimir Putin became Russian President for the third time. According to experts, over the past 17 years the West has learned very well, "who Mr. Putin is," with many leaders worldwide considering him a very influential, but often unpredictable politician.
Anniversary of Presidency: What Putin Has Achieved and What is Yet to Come
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201705071053365998-anniversary-presidency-putin-achieved/
Who is Mr. Putin?
Head of the Civil Society Development Foundation Konstantin Kostin believes that the Western audience considers Putin unpredictable.
"Everyone understands that Putin is a determined politician. Thousands of articles have already been written about him. I've read more than twenty books published in the West, in which researchers tried to explain the motives behind Putin's behavior. I think the explanation lies in [different] values, while complaints about the unpredictability of the Russian President sound quite strange," Kostin said.
Experts also believe that in the near future the Russian leader will focus more on domestic issues.
When many countries pay more and more attention to internal problems, Russia will have to do the same "because success on the global stage won't be enough," the chairman of the presidium at the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy Fyodor Lukyanov believes.
The 2018 Presidential Election
The question of Putin's participation in the next presidential election, which will be held in 2018, remains open. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier noted that the issue is not yet on the Kremlin agenda.
However, various studies show that there are actually no alternatives to the current Russian leader.
According to a study of the Civil Society Development Foundation, about 70-75% of voters are likely to vote for Putin if he participates in the 2018 presidential election.
A study conducted by Romir revealed that 39% of respondents found it difficult to say whom they would vote for if Putin doesn't run for the fourth term. According to the survey, 17% said they wouldn't go to the polls, while 12% confessed that they would blemish their ballots. A similar picture was reflected in a VTSIOM poll.
With One Year Still to Go, Here Are the Major Achievements of Putin's Third Term
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703021051200594-president-putin-third-term/
The third presidential term of the Russian leader will be remembered for his successes in the foreign policy arena and for a number of unsolved issues in the country's domestic issues, namely in its economy, Russian political analysts told Sputnik.
Among President Putin's major achievements, they noted the breakdown of the US monopoly to interpret international law at its own discretion.
In addition, they said that the Russian leader is now perceived around the world as a value-oriented politician from the conservative wing.
However they added that the successes in his foreign policy have complicated the implementation of his electoral economic agenda.
The President, they suggested, will use his remaining year in office to work out a coordinated socio-economic program, facilitate the development of the Russian regions and to further rotate high-ranking personnel.
Nikolai Mironov, the Director of the Center for Economic and Political Reform points out the evident geopolitical emphasis of Putin's third presidential term. He also singled out some the key accomplishments as well as some complications of the president's foreign policy.
The reunification with Crimea, the re-tuning of Russia's foreign policy, attempts to find new partners are among the achievements. Quite complicated relations with the West and the US have forced the president to re-orient his policy towards the eastern partners," he told Sputnik.
"The ongoing Ukrainian conflict and attempts to establish peace in the area portray the president as a peacemaker and as a person who tries to defuse these conflicts while advancing national interests," he said.
Russian political analyst Dmitry Badovsky of the Moscow-based Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies Foundation also called the reunification with Crimea a "conceptual and emotional keynote" of the president's third term.
He further explained that the scale and the effect of this move gained geopolitical as well as domestic political strategic importance.
Meanwhile, President of the National Strategy Institute Mikhail Remizov noted in his conversation with Sputnik that during President Putin's third term Russia has become a major league political state, and earned the he right to define the rules of the game in global politics.
The decision over Crimea and the launch of Russia's campaign in Syria have broken the unspoken rules of the game in the world order, which have been in place since the end of the Cold War, and which gave US the monopoly on political interventions, re-drawing borders, the legitimatization and de-legitimatization of regimes around the word and on the interpretation of international law, he said.
He also said that the Russian leader is now perceived in the world as a value-oriented politician from the conservative wing.
Anniversary of Presidency: What Putin Has Achieved and What is Yet to Come
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201705071053365998-anniversary-presidency-putin-achieved/
Who is Mr. Putin?
Head of the Civil Society Development Foundation Konstantin Kostin believes that the Western audience considers Putin unpredictable.
"Everyone understands that Putin is a determined politician. Thousands of articles have already been written about him. I've read more than twenty books published in the West, in which researchers tried to explain the motives behind Putin's behavior. I think the explanation lies in [different] values, while complaints about the unpredictability of the Russian President sound quite strange," Kostin said.
Experts also believe that in the near future the Russian leader will focus more on domestic issues.
When many countries pay more and more attention to internal problems, Russia will have to do the same "because success on the global stage won't be enough," the chairman of the presidium at the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy Fyodor Lukyanov believes.
The 2018 Presidential Election
The question of Putin's participation in the next presidential election, which will be held in 2018, remains open. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier noted that the issue is not yet on the Kremlin agenda.
However, various studies show that there are actually no alternatives to the current Russian leader.
According to a study of the Civil Society Development Foundation, about 70-75% of voters are likely to vote for Putin if he participates in the 2018 presidential election.
A study conducted by Romir revealed that 39% of respondents found it difficult to say whom they would vote for if Putin doesn't run for the fourth term. According to the survey, 17% said they wouldn't go to the polls, while 12% confessed that they would blemish their ballots. A similar picture was reflected in a VTSIOM poll.
With One Year Still to Go, Here Are the Major Achievements of Putin's Third Term
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703021051200594-president-putin-third-term/
The third presidential term of the Russian leader will be remembered for his successes in the foreign policy arena and for a number of unsolved issues in the country's domestic issues, namely in its economy, Russian political analysts told Sputnik.
Among President Putin's major achievements, they noted the breakdown of the US monopoly to interpret international law at its own discretion.
In addition, they said that the Russian leader is now perceived around the world as a value-oriented politician from the conservative wing.
However they added that the successes in his foreign policy have complicated the implementation of his electoral economic agenda.
The President, they suggested, will use his remaining year in office to work out a coordinated socio-economic program, facilitate the development of the Russian regions and to further rotate high-ranking personnel.
Nikolai Mironov, the Director of the Center for Economic and Political Reform points out the evident geopolitical emphasis of Putin's third presidential term. He also singled out some the key accomplishments as well as some complications of the president's foreign policy.
The reunification with Crimea, the re-tuning of Russia's foreign policy, attempts to find new partners are among the achievements. Quite complicated relations with the West and the US have forced the president to re-orient his policy towards the eastern partners," he told Sputnik.
"The ongoing Ukrainian conflict and attempts to establish peace in the area portray the president as a peacemaker and as a person who tries to defuse these conflicts while advancing national interests," he said.
Russian political analyst Dmitry Badovsky of the Moscow-based Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies Foundation also called the reunification with Crimea a "conceptual and emotional keynote" of the president's third term.
He further explained that the scale and the effect of this move gained geopolitical as well as domestic political strategic importance.
Meanwhile, President of the National Strategy Institute Mikhail Remizov noted in his conversation with Sputnik that during President Putin's third term Russia has become a major league political state, and earned the he right to define the rules of the game in global politics.
The decision over Crimea and the launch of Russia's campaign in Syria have broken the unspoken rules of the game in the world order, which have been in place since the end of the Cold War, and which gave US the monopoly on political interventions, re-drawing borders, the legitimatization and de-legitimatization of regimes around the word and on the interpretation of international law, he said.
He also said that the Russian leader is now perceived in the world as a value-oriented politician from the conservative wing.
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