This article was published by the New York Times after Putin officially announced his candidacy today for what will likely be his fourth term as President of Russia: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/world/europe/russia-vladimir-putin-president.html
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin announced on Wednesday that he would seek a fourth term as president of Russia in a vote set for March, an election he is expected to win handily.
He made the long-anticipated announcement on the floor of a GAZ Group vehicle factory in the northern industrial city of Nizhny Novgorod, delivering a brief statement in the seemingly spontaneous yet carefully choreographed manner he favors for major public appearances.
It began with a factory worker climbing onto the stage set up for the occasion to ask Mr. Putin if he would run for re-election, saying, “Today in this hall everybody, without exception, supports you. Give us a gift, announce your decision!”
With the hall erupting in cheers of “Gaz supports you!” Mr. Putin said he would run. “There is no better space and no better occasion to announce this,” he said. “I will run for the presidency of the Russian Federation.”
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