Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ruled out running for president again beyond 2024, when his term ends.
But he told parliament that the Constitutional Court would first have to approve such a step. An MP has proposed "resetting to zero" the number of presidential terms.
Mr Putin however rejected as "not expedient" a proposal to scrap the current rule that a president can serve no more than two consecutive terms.
He has been in power for 20 years.
But for part of that time he served as prime minister, meaning he did not have more than two consecutive presidential terms. The majority of MPs in parliament - the State Duma - are Putin supporters.
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