While world leaders focused this week on coping with the coronavirus, Vladimir Putin’s attention was elsewhere.The Russian president was busy setting himself up as president for life.After 20 years as president or prime minister, the 67-year-old former KGB spy organized a brazen end run around Russia’s presidential term limits that will permit him to serve two more six-year terms after his current mandate expires in 2024.This internal coup frees Putin to pursue his bitter vendetta against the West, which he blames for all Russia’s troubles. Indeed, he justified his power grab by arguing that R...
