Vladimir Putin may run for re-election in 2024 if the Russian parliament adopts the the constitutional amendment that would allow Russian presidents to serve three – not two – consecutive terms.
It is the Chechen MPs who have introduced it to the State Duma at the initiative of Ramzan Kadyrov.
According to the legislation’s explanatory note, Russia currently needs longer-serving leaders because of the country’s ‘current stage of development’.
The third presidential term would ‘preserve the achieved socio-political stability’ without eroding democratic principles. “It would allow the people to determine Russia’s future themselves,” the draft law says.
On March 18, Vladimir Putin won his fourth presidential election with 76.65% of the vote. It is his second consecutive term. Before the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev in 2008-2012, Vladimir Putin had been elected President twice.
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