Russian President Vladimir
Putin has signed legislation formally granting him the right to stay
in power until 2036.
Putin’s second consecutive and fourth overall presidential term ends in 2024, the year when Russia’s previous Constitution would have required him to step down.
But an overhauled Constitution that Russians approved in a
nationwide vote last year allows Putin to run for two more six-year
presidential terms. If elected both times, he would remain president until
2036, surpassing Josef Stalin as the longest-serving leader of Russia since
Peter the Great.
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