Peskov: I hope that Putin will go for a new term

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov hopes that Vladimir Putin will take part in the 2018 elections. He stated this in an interview with the BBC program Hardtalk, which will be aired on January 21.

“Even during our first interview in 2004, I told you that as a citizen of the Russian Federation, I hope that he would decide to go to a new term,” Peskov said, answering the journalist’s question if Putin will re -elect for a new term.

Answering the question of the possibility of participating in the leader of the progress of Alexei Navalny in the presidential election, Peskov noted that only our head of the Central Election Commission can guarantee or not guarantee the admission of the opposition. "

At the same time, Putin’s spokesman noted that the presence of a serious opposition, which could compete with the current government, would benefit Russia.

"I think that Russia would have benefited, if we had a serious opposition with a serious approach, experienced professionals and politicians who could compete with the current government represented by President Putin, who supports 90 percent of the population," he said.

In the fragments of the interviews, Peskov also affected the themes of Russian-American relations. According to him, he believes in a fundamental shift in the relationship between Washington and Moscow, but hopes for it.

“Unfortunately, we cannot believe. All that we can be hope, we want good relations with America. We believe that we cannot solve many problems in this world and in our region that threaten our country without cooperation with the Americans. That's why we need good relations with Washington, but, as they say, two are needed for the President of Trump is a big question,” - this is a big question. The official said.

Speaking about hacker attacks on the US election system, Peskov noted that he is not "advanced" in the field of cybersecurity.

"Every day there are hundreds and thousands of cyber -dashes to digital systems of the Russian Federation. Some of them are conducted from the United States. Dozens of dozens go from the territory of Germany. Dozens of Great Britain. Do you think that this with a high degree of confidence means that these attacks on our digital systems are encouraged by governments in Washington, London or Berlin? You probably say that there are no about this. There may be a speech, ”Peskov noted.

He emphasized that "neither the Russian government, nor the Kremlin, nor President Putin, nor military intelligence personally are behind these attacks, if, of course, they were actually."

Navalny in mid -December 2016 announced his intention to participate in the presidential election . According to him, "there have been no real elections in Russia since 1996, and this is one of the reasons for our plight." Included in the campaign, Navalny noted, he will discuss what everyone is silent about, “but it’s time to say”: issues of the distribution of national wealth, fair justice and corruption in the highest government.

The founder of the Corruption Foundation received the right to participate in the elections after the Supreme Court canceled his verdict in the Kirovles case on the basis of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights.

Vladimir Putin has so far evaded a direct answer to the question about his participation in the 2018 elections. On December 5, at a meeting with the employees of the Chelyabinsk company, Eterno, he said that he wants to "successfully complete his career."

In early September, he stated that talking about his participation in the elections about this is "absolutely premature" and "simply harmful."