RUSSIAN leader Vladimir Putin has vowed to go on and on as Russian leader, refusing to contemplate retirement.
The 66-year-old – hit by the scandal over Novichok poisoning in Salisbury – told Chinese business magnate Jack Ma that it was too early to take his pension.
Putin criticised Alibaba co-founder Ma for planning to retire when he reaches the age of 55.
“I am not going anywhere, and I don’t have such thoughts,” Putin told him.
The Russian president said: “I’d like to ask that young man sitting over there eating Russian snacks, Jack Ma, you are still so young, why are you retiring?”
The tycoon said he had ”many things I hope to accomplish, like education and philanthropy”.
Putin told him: “You’re younger than me.”
He asked: “Are you really going to retire with your level of energy?”
The exchange was revealed by Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
State news agency Tass seized on the comment, running a story headlined: “Putin says he’s not going to step down”.
This year the Kremlin leader won a new six year term.
Putin will be 66 next month and would be 71 if he serves a full term.
The constitution currently bans him from seeking another term.
There is speculation in Moscow as to when he will anoint his chosen successor – but for now, there are no frontline favourites replace to the all-powerful “tsar”.
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Putin has been hit with a wave of protests over his government’s plans to raise the retirement age, forcing Russia to work for longer.
For men, retirement age is due to rise from 60 to 65, and women 55 to 60.
With life expectancy low in Russia, people fear they will have no time to enjoy retirement.
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