Putin spoke about the possible participation in the presidential election – BBC

05.09.2016 <- - include virtual = "/ nm2015 / ssi / news / bulka.shtml"!> | 10:46

<-! U7769873 ->

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Bloomberg said that it is too early to whether it will take part in presidential elections in 2018. This was reported in the site of the Kremlin.

«I can either take part in the elections or not to accept. If I do not participate, then the other will be elected head of state, the other the president of Russia, and even then the citizens will decide for whom to vote, “- said Putin.

At the same time, he noted that currently already working on a strategy for economic development after 2018.

«So talking about it is absolutely premature. You know, in today’s rapidly changing world, to talk about it just bad. We need to work, you need to ensure that the plans have been implemented and the objectives that we set for ourselves, we must seek to improve the living standards of people, development of economy, social sphere, increasing the country’s defense. Depending on the solution of these problems will then look how to organize the presidential election campaign in 2018, and who should take part in it. I do nothing for myself have not decided, “- said Putin

Previous Putin said that the participants in any election campaign must sincerely strive to improve the lives of people

Subscribe to channel “Gazety.Ru” in the Telegram , to be the first to know about important news and important events of the day.

‘,’ comments_count_plural ‘ : [ '

% s

', '

% s

', '

% s

']}); rambler_comments ( ‘load_comments_count’, {appId: 3}); setTimeout (function () {if ($ ( ‘rambler-comments-count div.empty_comment’)) {clean_mm_addition ();}}, 100); }}); $ ( ‘.button_give_comments’) On (‘ click ‘, function () {location.hash = “comments”; rambler_comments (‘ load ‘, {xid:. “N9076523″, appId: 3}); $ (‘ .rambler -comments’.) show (); $ (this) .hide (); var destination = $ ( ‘#comments’) offset () top; $ (..’ body ‘) animate ({scrollTop: destination},. 1100);});