his constant and and if he does it would make him russia's longest ruling leader surpassing joseph stalin his critics call it a constitutional crew designed to make put in president for life his supporters say it means to bid it if for the government. since 1st becoming president in 2000 putin has you might say managed to change the rules to stretch his influence initially served 4 years and then another 4 when he was voted in again by the russian constitution said that time to the terms was the limit so when put in time was up in 2008 he handed the reins to his colleague dmitri medvedev and he became prime minister but many say he continued behind the scenes as the real leader so much so that in 2012 midvale have stepped aside and put in again stood for president by this time presidential terms had been extended to 6 years put in one and again in 2018 securing power until 2024 by his now been another change in the constitution last year voters agreed put in should have the chance to serve another to turns his opponent overwhelming popularity and aggressive stance against critics makes that s

beginning beginning of his first term eisenhower's a press conference on february 25th in 1953 and one of the reporters asked if he would consider meeting with soviet premiere joseph stalin and more importantly if he would consider traveling outside the united states to meet with joseph stalin. um presidents by and large did not many foreign trips. for any reason prior to the mid 20th century partly it was due to difficulties in getting overseas. it took a long time to take students. eisenhower's reply to this question about whether he would meet stalin who was at the time. probably america's staunchest enemy was quote. i would meet anybody anywhere where i thought there was the slightest chance of doing any good. so despite the heavy chill in diplomatic relations between the us and the soviet union. eisenhower's willing to use any personal means to reduce tensions between the two nations. joseph stalin died of a stroke just 10 days after that press conference. in which ike opened the door to a possible meeting between the two superpowers. it would be two more years before he was able to meet. with the new soviet leadership that meeting happened at the geneva conference