insert_link World Russia’s next election is likely to put Putin in power for longer than anyone since Peter the Great By Rod Thornton, King's College London Presidential elections will be held in Russia in March. It is inevitable that the incumbent president, Vladimir Putin, will win. Putin has been in power (whether as president or as prime minister) since 2000. If he wins again, and he serves his full six-year term, he will have been in power for 30 years, longer than any Russian or Soviet […] todayFebruary 8, 2024 10