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

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Lol, ok. However, the limit as you call it has just been reset to zero (by friendly suggestion from Putin), so he has not exhausted it, nor will he ever in his lifetime

That is not factually correct.


The number of terms would be reset to 0 should the Duma legislate this (there is one more vote to go) and if it passes judicial review by Constitutional court, (I assume that it would be signed by Putin b/c he OK'ed it). So you should't get ahead of yourself.