Term limits in Russia

June 23, 2025 - Prior to constitutional amendments in 2020, the limit applied only to consecutive terms, allowing a term-limited president to be elected again after one term out of office. The only presidents to be term-limited are Boris Yeltsin in 2000 and Vladimir Putin in 2008 and again in 2024.

May 7, 2024 - Already in office for nearly a quarter-century and the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin, Putin's new term doesn't expire until 2030, when he will be constitutionally eligible to run again.

1 week ago - In all, three individuals have served four presidencies spanning six full terms. In May 2012, Vladimir Putin became the fourth president; he was re-elected in March 2018 and in March 2024 for two consecutive six-year terms.

Overall, the presidency has become the most powerful institution and Putin can stay in power as long as he wants (2036 no longer means much). The prerogatives of the parliament have shrunk, and the judiciary has become all the more dependent ...

That’s why, after his second term ended in 2008, he served as prime minister before becoming president again in 2012. However, in January 2020 Putin drafted a constitutional amendment that would allow him to remain president for two more terms.

Some analysts had predicted Putin ... he would then become the first president. Putin has made it clear that there will be a new president in 2024....

November 20, 2025 - The constitutional reform established a hard limit of two terms overall. However, terms served before the constitutional revision do not count, which gives Putin eligibility for two more presidential terms until 2036.

The President is elected for a 6-year term by the Russian Federation’s citizens on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. Vladimir Putin.

July 2, 2020 - Russia’s constitution, at least before this week’s referendum, would have required Vladimir Putin to step down from the Russian presidency in 2024, at the end of his second consecutive six-year term.

April 6, 2021 - Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will allow him to run for the presidency twice more in his lifetime, potentially keeping him in office until 2036. The Russian president signed the legislation on Monday, ending a year-long process to “reset” ...

March 12, 2020 - Russian president was supposed to step down in 2024. That now seems highly unlikely.

July 2, 2020 - On July 1, Russia tallied the results of a week-long national vote on a slew of constitutional reforms, including a constitutional amendment that allows Putin to nix term limits and remain president until 2036.

May 7, 2024 - Putin, in power as president or prime minister since 1999, will surpass Soviet leader Josef Stalin and become Russia's longest-serving ruler since 18th century Empress Catherine the Great if he completes a new six-year term.

Some analysts had predicted Putin ... he would then become the first president. Putin has made it clear that there will be a new president in 2024....

May 7, 2024 - President Vladimir Putin has been sworn for a record-breaking fifth term as Russia’s leader.