Putin Sets Path to Stay On as Russia’s President to 2036
- President says court should rule to exempt him from term limit
- Putin spoke in Duma after call made in debate on constitution
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Vladimir Putin set the stage to stay on as Russia’s president for potentially another 16 years, reversing his past opposition to scrapping term limits so that he -- and only he -- can continue to rule the country.
“I fully recognize my own personal responsibility toward the citizens of this country,” Putin said Tuesday in an unscheduled speech before the lower house of parliament. “I see that people, certainly most of society, await my own views and decisions on the key question of governing the state, both today and after 2024” for a fifth and possibly sixth presidential term.