Russia Jubilant as Putin Accepts to Become President Again

Putin speeking at the Sunday congress of his United Russia party. Photo by BGNES

Russian PM Vladimir Putin was officially nominated by ruling party United Russia he chairs, and accepted the nomination to run for President of Russia on March 4 elections.

During his speech, Putin vowed to work for deeper social justice and economic prosperity of the Russian people and will make his homeland "a better and more beautiful part of the world."

The speech was aired live on the Russia 24 channel and was multiple times interrupted with enthusiastic ovation by the United Russia congress.

At the same time he slammed the opposition for being unconstructive for Russia's development and warned that "foreign countries" might attempt to influence the outcome of upcoming elections.

After Putin accepted the nomination, all of the 11,000 United Russia delegates at the congress approved his candidacy by casting secret ballots "for".

Vladimir Putin is seen as the certain winner of upcoming elections, which will secure him another 6 year term as Russia's President, opening the option for a second.

Putin was Russia's PM 1999-2000, after which he succeeded Boris Yeltsin at the presidential position, after the latter resigned. He served his constitutional two 4-year terms of office (2000-8), after being re-elected in 2004.

End of September Putin and current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that they have decided to switch positions, with Medvedev opting to head Russia's government as PM after the parliamentary elections.

In October Putin launched his idea to create an Eurasian Union to economically and politically link countries from the former Soviet Union area, an idea that he has made a centerpiece of his presidential candidacy since.

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