Russia’s Vladimir Putin just got one step closer to being president for life

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Vladimir Putin is making plans to be president for life.

In an abrupt — if not totally shocking — move, Russia’s State Duma (its lower house of parliament) proposed a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would reset presidential term limits to zero, allowing Putin to run again for president in 2024, when his tenure is supposed to expire.

Putin, it turned out, disagreed with the idea of getting rid of term limits altogether. But on the issue of whether his own term limits should be reset to zero, believe it or not, he was into the idea.

“When a country is going through such upheavals and such difficulties,” Putin said in a speech to legislators on Tuesday in favor of the term-limit reset amendment, “stability may be more important and must be given priority.”

He went on to say that “for [the] long term, society must have guarantees for the regular change of power,” adding, “This is why I do not believe it is viable to delete the restriction on the number of presidential terms from the Constitution.”

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4 thoughts on “Russia’s Vladimir Putin just got one step closer to being president for life

  1. With his policies to promote family,faith,and wealth he may be the best thing that ever happened to Russia.

  2. Gee, Vlad, it didn’t work out quite that way for old Benny boy after all (because supposedly the next Israeli PM will be Benny Gantz, not Netanyahu…if that happens, you can thank Joint List! Bwahahahahahahahahahahah!)

    So who died, Vladdy, and made you Stalin? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

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