{UAH} Czar Vladimir? Putin Acolytes Want to Bring Back the Monarchy - WSJ

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Czar Vladimir? Putin Acolytes Want to Bring Back the Monarchy

Pro-Kremlin activists want to restore Russian traditions—and hope for a longer reign for Mr. Putin

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Thomas Grove

Dec. 13, 2018 3:24 p.m. ET

SPAS-TESHILOVO, Russia—The last time term limits forced Russian leader Vladimir Putin to step down from the presidency, he became prime minister for a few years.

This time around, a group of pro-Kremlin activists have a different idea: Proclaim him Czar Vladimir.

"We will do everything possible to make sure Putin stays in power as long as possible," Konstantin Malofeyev, a politically active businessman, said recently to thunderous applause from hundreds of Russian Orthodox priests and members of the country's top political parties gathered at a conference outside Moscow. They were united by one cause—to return the monarchy to Russia.

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