Should Putin win the election a certainty, given his iron grip on the state apparatus and the lack of any rivals and complete the six-year term, through 2030, he would match Stalin's three-decade grip on the Kremlin's reins of power.
According to two Kremlin sources quoted by the daily Meduza, one of Putin's political strategists, Sergey Kiriyenko, has established that Putin's rivals cannot be younger than 50 years old or enjoy great popularity.
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