After the elections, Putin will have a free hand: what problem does he want to solve with mobilization?

Russia has mobilization potential, but this is not enough/Getty Images

Presidential elections will be held in Russia in the spring of 2024. Most likely, after this the aggressor country will carry out a new wave of mobilization.

Co-director of foreign policy and international security programs at the Razumkov Center Alexey Melnik told Channel 24 that this is absolutely logical and predictable. After re-election, Vladimir Putin will have a free hand.

“After the elections, Putin’s upper limbs will be untied – he will no longer hold back,” Melnik stated.

But now the Russian authorities are in every possible way refraining from such decisions or even signals that could reduce popular support. The announcement of mobilization or unplanned actions of mobilized families, which are now gaining strength, all of this in one way or another affects the internal stability of the Russian regime.

After the elections, the Kremlin will be able calmly start up your repressive machine, which is now charging and lubricating.

Russia has a problem

The aggressor country has a powerful mobilization potential, with which it is trying to solve a serious problem – shortage of officers. However, the effectiveness of such a solution is quite doubtful.

As is the effectiveness of the most mobilized. If Russia can recruit the required number of soldiers, then the aggressor country is not too concerned about the issue of their basic training.

Mobilization in Russia: latest news

• Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin that the size of the Russian army had allegedly been increased to 1 million 150 thousand people. In the future they plan to increase it to one and a half million people.
• Meanwhile, there are fewer and fewer occupiers, not only because of constant losses, but also because of the unauthorized abandonment of units. Thousands of cases are recorded, but less than 15% are detained.
• In order to somehow correct the situation, Russia is actively taking men from the occupied territories. Currently, the most difficult situation is in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as in Crimea.