“Without any exaggeration, I’ll tell you that I have always been thinking about this since 2000,” the Kremlin press service quoted him as saying.
He noted that the situation is changing, as well as changing certain requirements for people.
According to him, in the end, the decision must be made by the people of Russia.
“Whatever the current leader does, no matter what he does, the final word is for the voter, for the citizen of the Russian Federation,” the president said.
Earlier, Putin answered the question about the possibility of choosing a successor from among the newly appointed governors.