President Putin in the State Duma yesterday, where he spoke before MPs voted on constitutional amendments that would enable him to stay as president until at least 2036
EVGENIA
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Mr
Putin, 67, has been in power since 2000. Another 16 years in office would make
him modern Russia’s longest-serving leader, overtaking Joseph Stalin, the
Soviet dictator who ruled for 29 years from 1924 until 1953. If Mr Putin
survived in office until 2036 he would be the oldest person to rule Russia in
its more than 1,000-year history.
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