Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he had not yet decided whether to run for a new six-year term in the Kremlin when his current term ends in 2024.
"Whether or not I do this is yet to be decided, but the very existence of this right (to run) is already stabilizing the domestic political situation," he said.
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.