After securing a new six-year term at rubber-stamp elections, President Putin is on track to become Russia’s oldest-ever serving leader.
If he stays in power until October 2028, when he will turn 76, he will overtake Leonid Brezhnev, the former Soviet leader, as the oldest occupant of the Kremlin. He will also overtake Joseph Stalin as Russia’s longest-serving leader if he secures a new term in 2030.
Under changes to the Russian constitution that were rushed through in 2020, Putin can serve two more terms, until May 2036, when he will be 83.
The average life expectancy of a Russian man is just 64. Although Putin enjoys world-class medical care and is thought to be a near teetotaller who exercises regularly, his many enemies are
