Vladimir Putin president for life

Vladimir Putin has done a Xi Zinping. He, like the Chinese leader, is about to change the consitution so he can be president for life. Oh what fun it is not to have to run a democracy. All you have to do is inform parliament or congress in China's case that you intend to stay longer than the normally-limited two terms in office and would like to stay in the job until your dying day, and voila, that's what happens. In Putin's case he has effectively sacked the prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, after telling him he planned to rewrite the constitution - did Medvedev object a little bit? - the rest of the cabinet resigned and then Putin sent for his lawyers to start producing a new constitution. Easy! President-for-Life. He mucked around with the constituiton before to allow him to remain president until 2024 but obviously he has decided that for the good of the country he needs to be solely in charge for the next few decades. He's only in his 60s, so we could have Putin for another 30 years. Trump has another five years at the most, and maybe only a year. Macron will surely be gone in the next few years. Merkel will be gone by next year. Boris has five years annd possibly a second five years if Labour fails to get its act together under a new leader. No one else counts in the world really, apart from President Xi who has already made sure he can stay in power for ever, well for the rest of his life. So on that basis, Presidents Xi and Putin will become the most powerful leaders on the planet, with infinite and everlasting influence over the way the world goes in the next three decades. Poor Medvedev. He has been a mouse-like Russian prime minister with no power and now he has lost that job and has been given the role of deputy leader of the National Security Council. We all know of course who is the head of the National Security Council. So bye bye Medvedev, not that he had been around much anyway under his previous job. The rest of the world needs to take note. We have or will soon have a for-ever leader in Russia to go with a for-ever leader in China. That will change the political balance and make every other leader feel nervous. For Trump it's a reminder that he lives in a democracy where the rules are quite clear. He can only serve a maximum of two terms. If he wins in November, his presidency will still come to an end by 2024 and there is nothing he can do about it. Putin and Xi will still be on their respective thrones. It unquestionably gives them the edge in terms of global power. Still, it looks like climate change will ruin this planet the way things are going before these two gentlemen take over the world!