Vladimir Putin May Seek Fourth Term as President
Would make him Russia's longest-serving ruler since Stalin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he could run for a fourth presidential term in 2018. If he serves four terms, that would keep him in power for about a quarter century and make him the nation's longest-serving leader since Josef Stalin.
Putin, who served two consecutive four-year terms starting in 2000, became prime minister in 2008 to observe a constitutional limit of two consecutive terms.
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And there's no discrimination against homosexuals in Russia, either.
Unless you don't consider beatings, killings and incarceration to be "discrimination..."
Well, shit, they do that to EVERYONE if they want to, don't they?
Hell, I expect Putin to declare himself immortal and that he will be able to continue to rule Russia from his grave.
Big ego, tiny willie? You bet.