Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) lays flowers as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (R) follows him during the ceremony of unveiling the monument to Russian Emperor Alexander the First in the Alexander Gardens outside the Kremlin walls in Moscow on Nov. 20.
Photo by AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL / MICHAEL KLIMENTYEV
Vladimir Putin does not want to rule Russia for life, but may well run for another six-year term in 2018, he has said.