Moscow -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was first elected to the office 17 years ago, said on Friday that he would consider running for re-election next year. The Kremlin has been coy in recent weeks about whether the 64-year-old head of state would run for another six-year term in the March 2018 election. When there is the next presidential election, we all ask you to run again for this post. Putin served two consecutive four-year terms from 2000 to 2008, then became prime minister until 2012, when he again became president. Shortly after his second presidential term, the Russian constitution was amended to enable the head of state to serve six-year terms.

Source: The China Post August 04, 2017 09:56 UTC