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At the time, Russian opposition figures denounced the vote, saying it was intended to be "president for life".
From a lowly KGB colonel to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man and successor, the story of Vladimir Putin's rise to power is second only to his extraordinary reign.
Putin has served as Russia's leader for nearly a quarter of a century, making him the longest-serving leader in modern Russian history since Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
In 2000, 47-year-old Vladimir Putin was sworn in as president of Russia. Since then, he has been re-elected four more times and is on course to win his fifth term today, keeping him in power until at least 2030.
He spent four years as prime minister from 2008 due to a two-term limit imposed by the Russian constitution, at which time he installed Dmitry Medvedev, now chairman of Russia's security council, as president. At the inauguration ceremony, Dmitry Medvedev emphasized the continued authority of his predecessor Vladimir Putin.
Despite earlier promises to the contrary, in 2020 Putin changed these rules to give himself a clean slate to run again in 2024 by "resetting to zero" his previous terms.
At the time, Russian opposition figures denounced the vote, saying it was intended to be "president for life". Indeed, the revised term limits mean Putin could run again in 2030./ BBC
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