Vladimir Putin signs ‘President for Life’ law allowing him to stay in power until 2036

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday that will allow him to potentially stay in power until 2036. The law, the 68-year-old Kremlin leader argued, was necessary to stop his lieutenants from looking for successors. Last July’s vote included a provision that would allow Putin to reset his two previous terms meaning he can run for president twice more. Officially the new law limits Russian civilians to two presidential terms in their lifetime, however, the law does not count terms served until they come into force meaning Putin’s previous four terms do not count. On Monday the change to the constitution was signed by Putin on an official portal of legal information. Putin argued that resetting his term count was necessary for his lieutenants to be able to continue with normal work instead of “darting their eyes in search for possible successors“. The Russian leader has effectively been in power for more than twenty years. He was President from 1999-2008 and Prime Minister from 2008-2012 b