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Subject
Kremlin strategy for the 2018 presidential election.
Significance
With one year to go before the 2018 presidential election, the Kremlin strategy that will frame the process is starting to take shape. The nature of Vladimir Putin’s campaign has a bearing on his fourth term, during which he must either identify a successor or engineer an extension of his tenure beyond 2024.
Impacts
Putin will rally populist sentiment on the back of foreign policy successes in Crimea and Syria.
A possible rapprochement with the United States would restrict the national narrative of ‘Russia encircled’.
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Communist candidates will criticise the government but will not run opposition campaigns.
Keywords:
Russia,
RUCIS,
economy,
international relations,
politics,
social,
constitution,
election,
opposition,
construction,
fiscal,
foreign policy,
growth,
welfare,
protest,
public sector
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2017
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