President Vladimir Putin has officially entered his fifth presidential election. He is seeking six more years in power as Russia remains bogged down in the nearly two-year war in Ukraine and grapples with an increasingly difficult economic outlook due to sanctions and international isolation.

In this episode, we discuss the political platform Putin is likely planning for his new campaign and whether he could face any challenges to his re-election before the March vote.

We are joined by Margarita Zavadskaya, a senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

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