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(lái)一直擔(dān)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(dān)任總統(tǒng)。普京說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)為這是我的責(zé)任，我的人生目標(biāo)是竭盡全力為俄羅斯的現(xiàn)在和未來(lái)做貢獻(xiàn)。”

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

普京在最近一個(gè)任期內(nèi)的作為包括從烏克蘭吞并克里米亞，并與敘利亞領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人阿薩德合作在敘利亞進(jìn)行軍事行動(dòng)。