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Putin Weighs In on Trump Impeachment, Hints at Staying in Power

Charles Maynes

   MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual press
   conference with journalists on Thursday -- a more than four-hour
   freewheeling event highlighted by swipes at the push to impeach
   President Donald Trump and suggestions that an adjustment to Russia's
   constitution could extend to Putin's hold on power when his current
   term ends in 2024.

   The annual press conference, now in its 15th year, long ago morphed
   into an exercise that paints Putin as the indispensable leader of the
   nation. The Russian leader was as comfortable reeling off the wages of
   doctors in far-flung Russian regions as he was discussing key global
   events.

   This year's event came a day after congressional Democrats voted to
   impeach President Donald Trump -- the third time in U.S. history an
   American leader was formally sanctioned by Congress.
   

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