Putin has been thinking about whom the country should entrust, and he has waited for this day for decades.
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the three-year Russian-Ukrainian conflict has trained important central forces for Russia, and that those old soldiers who set up their battles will be responsible for the future of the country.
When meeting with leaders of various parties in the State Duma, Putin said that those veterans who have returned alive from the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield can be actively promoted to the government leadership. He believes that these people are locally or in the central government. Even the State Duma and federal government agencies can shine.
Putin meets with top parties in the State Duma
"Putin paved the way for veterans to participate in politics"
For veterans who escaped unscathed from the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, Putin dubbed them "new elites" and specifically emphasized that those who are willing to risk their lives to serve the country must be sought and discovered, and they must be promoted to leadership positions., and finally become "our successor."
The "we" here obviously refers to Putin himself and other party leaders present here.
It can be seen that Putin believes that the future Russian leadership, even if not all, will have a large portion of it, labeled “old soldiers of conflict.”
Of course, it is not enough to believe, Putin is also using the presidential authority to establish a systematic regulatory system for old soldiers to enter the political sphere and participate in the administrative work of the country.
[Veterans will be the mainstay of Russia's future]
The background of Putin's speech is that after the regional elections in Russia, more than 1,600 veterans were elected, 830 of whom were nominated by the Unitary Party, and these eight hundred people, without exception, all won the election, which both reflects the influence of the Unitary Party as the ruling party, but also shows that they are indeed unwaveringly implementing Putin's instructions to "promote old soldiers".
By the way, the relevant planning started as early as last year. Putin named it "Heroic Age", personally asked questions, had a direct dialogue with the first batch of candidates, and conveyed his high expectations for them.
He also ordered the appointment of conflict veteran Yevgeny Pervishov as acting governor of Tambov Oblast, making it clear that he wanted to use this person as a typical example.
Of course, Pervyshev can be promoted to governor, not only because he is a conflict veteran, mainly because he has political experience before he joined the army, and since then has been a mayor and a member of the State Duma, both in terms of qualification and ability, perfectly in line with Putin's requirements.
[Russia's "Hero Project" aims to cultivate a new elite]
Putin wants to create a new elite.
It can be said that Putin pushed the “era of heroes” to create a whole new elite class, different from the so-called “old elite”.
In Putin's own words, the word "elite" has been destroyed by the privileged class. In the 1990s, these people used suspicious means to enrich themselves and made no contribution to society. The "new elites" that the country needs are those heroic soldiers who have proved their patriotic enthusiasm with their actions.
Accordingly, the Political Reform Party conducted political reforms, and at the end of last year, they incorporated 20 veterans into the general council of the highest decision-making body within the party, and it is foreseeable that in the coming years, not only the Political Reform Party, but other parties will consciously absorb the veterans and focus on them.
Putin once mentioned that the previous generation of politicians once put Russia on the verge of collapse because of their over-reliance on the West. Putin has personally experienced this difficult period and has been thinking for decades about what kind of people can meet the requirements of the country's future development, and it is worthy of his confidence to entrust such a huge Russia.
Who would deny special military operations, these old soldiers first refused?
A compromise with the West without a bottom line is impossible, and Russia has had a painful lesson in this regard, and can not repeat the same thing again. Only those who are willing to defend national interests are the "true patriots".
How to distinguish "patriots", and what kind of criteria to take? Russian Ukrainian battlefield, is the prepared talent selection path. willing to serve, for the country to go to the frontline, light this point is better than many, if you can survive in the cruel battlefield, harvest military skills, successfully recover, such experience is very gold-containing, can cause a general resonance.
"The military class will strongly support Putin's political legacy"
This valuable experience of the elderly soldiers on the frontline, facing the Eurasian continent's geo-turbulent "tempestry eye", with a significant difference in vision and cognition from ordinary people, will help them better understand what "national strategic security" is.
There will be little resistance for these people to enter the political arena, and it is also a signal to the Russian people that as long as they are willing to serve the country, there will be an opportunity to realize the rise of the class and fully mobilize civic motivation.
[Putin believes that veterans will shoulder the blame of future national leaders]
To be fair, the resume is just a stepping stone, which does not mean that the future official career will be smooth sailing. Putin has paved the way for them, but how far veterans can go in politics and whether they will become the national leadership at some point in the future depends on personal fortune in the final analysis, but as long as the base is large enough, a suitable candidate with qualifications, fame and skills will always emerge.
And what Putin has to do is to continue to expand this base through the "Hero Age" program, as well as the attention of other party leaders, to say a little bit, by building a strategic reserve of talents.
It can be said that Putin’s plan is to shape the course of Russia’s future path through a Russian-Ukrainian conflict and to consolidate traditional values.
It can also be said that he wants to preserve the political legacy of "special military operations" as much as possible in this unique way. Whoever wants to deny Putin's motivation for launching the Russia-Ukraine conflict is tantamount to offending the huge number of military meritorious classes in the political arena. It is difficult to gain a foothold in Russia.