Putin Endorses Brazen Remedy to Extend His Rule, Possibly for Life

It looked as though Vladimir Putin had been gearing up to push through obscure constitutional changes as a surreptitious way to remain Russia’s leader after presidential term limits forced him to step down in 2024. But Tuesday, Putin endorsed a proposal stunningly simpler and more brazen: resetting the constitution’s term-limit clock to zero.

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