Vladimir Putin: I may be in power until 2024

But Putin says he does not wish to be president for life, which would be 'harmful' to Russia

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In an unusually candid interview, Vladimir Putin has hinted that he will run for president again in a move that would almost certainly keep him in power in Russia until 2024.

The pronouncement confirmed what many Russians suspected as long ago as 2012, when a poll found that a third of the country thought Putin would stand for another six year term as president in 2018.

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