 Russian President Vladimir Putin, on December 8, told soldiers who had fought in Ukraine that he would run for president again in the 2024 election, a move that will allow the former KGB spy to stay in power until at least 2030.Russian state TV on Friday showed Vladimir Putin saying he would run for a new six-year presidential term in 2024.Putin was answering a question on the subject, from Artem Zoga, a military officer. I will not hide that I have had different thoughts at different times, but it is now time to make a decision, Putin told Zoget and other decorated soldiers. I will run for the post of president, Putin was shown in television footage saying in the gilded Georgievsky Hall, part of the Grand Kremlin Palace. I will not hide that I have had different thoughts at different times, but it is now time to make a decision. I will run for president.