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Foreign AffairsJUL 2023
Putin Holds Annual Press Conference as Re-Election Bid Begins
Image copyright: The Kremlin [via Wikimedia Commons]
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
This is a highly choreographed event that's intended to invigorate Putin's 2024 election campaign. With the Kremlin screening questions to paint Putin in a favorable light, this whole event is a spectacle rather than any real attempt to have scrutiny.
Pro-Russia narrative
As is customary every year, Putin gives people from across Russia — be they journalists or otherwise — the opportunity to ask him questions on all manner of issues relating to the state, its health and its direction. This is an unfiltered event where Putin speaks openly.