Russian President Vladimir Putin can choose not to hold presidential elections next year because he will “obviously” win re-election, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said late Sunday.

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    Putin is widely expected to declare his bid for a sixth overall presidential term.

    Oh, his “bid”? Is he gonna roll those dice one more time? See if he breaks lucky?

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      A “bid” would entail something like “chance”. And that chance would not depend on the citizens, but on his cronies…