Twelve More Years: Is Putin’s Return A Recipe For Stagnation?

WATCH: President Dmitry Medvedev proposes Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the Russian presidency in 2012. (IN RUSSIAN) With this weekend’s announcement that he will run for president in the March 2012 election, Vladimir Putin appears on track to become Russia’s longest-serving ruler since Josef Stalin. Should he end up serving two six-year terms, that […]