Vladimir Putin, who has been either president or prime minister of Russia since 1999, was sworn in for a fourth term as president Monday at the Grand Kremlin Palace's ornately-decorated Andreyevsky Hall. Putin said, "I consider it my duty and my life's aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present and for its future."

He will not be able to run for a fifth term as president unless there is a change to Russia's constitution which prohibits more than two consecutive terms.

Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine during his most recent term and also partnered with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for a military campaign in Syria.

自1999年以來一直擔任俄羅斯總統(tǒng)或總理的普京星期一在克里姆林宮的裝飾華麗的安德列耶夫斯基大廳宣誓就任，這是他第四次擔任總統(tǒng)。普京說：“我認為這是我的責任，我的人生目標是竭盡全力為俄羅斯的現在和未來做貢獻。”

除非俄羅斯修改現在禁止總統(tǒng)超過兩屆連任的憲法，否則普金將無法第五次再任總統(tǒng)。

普京在最近一個任期內的作為包括從烏克蘭吞并克里米亞，并與敘利亞領導人阿薩德合作在敘利亞進行軍事行動。