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Russias Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have established themselves as the worlds most powerful authoritarian leaders in decades. Now it looks like they want to hang on to those roles indefinitely.

Russia has a new government! Well, technically. Very technically. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a number of constitutional changes that will be put to the Russian people in a referendum, leading the government of Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev t…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption With four years left as president, Mr Putin seems to be planning his "transition" Russia has a new prime minister, a change no-one predicted only a day ago. The long-serving Dmitry Medvedev has been replaced by a ma…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s top economic officials have canceled keynote speeches they were due to make at the country’s first economic forum of 2020, an updated schedule showed on Thursday, a day after the government quit amid plans for a constitutional shak…

Yesterday’s government shake-up in Moscow and the institutional changes Vladimir Putin proposed with it are plainly a response to what Russian observers call “Problem-24.” As in 2024—when Putin’s current, fourth presidential term expires. In 2024, Putin will …

MOSCOW -- Russias president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday launched a major political shake-up, replacing his prime minister Dmitry Medvedev and proposing a series of changes to Russias constitution in what experts said were attempts to create options for reta…

Even in 2018, when Vladimir Putin still had a full six years to serve as President of Russia, the political class around the Kremlin began to whisper about what comes next. Some pundits referred to the problem as Operation 2024, the year when Putin would hav…

In a surprise move, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned along with the country's entire Cabinet, Russian state news agency Tass reported Wednesday.  Medvedev made the announcement after Russia's President Vladimir Putin unveiled a series of const…

MOSCOW (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a constitutional overhaul Wednesday to boost the powers of parliament and the Cabinet, a move signalling Putins intention to carve out a new position for himself after his current term ends. Prime Ministe…

Russian President Putin (L) listens to Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting in the Kremlin. MOSCOW: Russia's government resigned in a shock announcement on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a series of constitutional reforms. In a televised meeting with the Russian president, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the…