Putin says he hasn't decided whether to run again for president in 2024

[November 30, 2021]    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he had yet to decide whether he would run again for president when his current term ends in 2024.

Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions about his article titled "On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians" in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 13, 2021.Sputnik/Alexei Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS

Putin has been in power as president or prime minister since the turn of the century, making him the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin. In April he signed legislation that allows him to run for two more six-year terms following changes to the constitution last year.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Tom Balmforth; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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