In 2000,Russian President Vladimir Putin, signed off on an updated list of no-can-do jobs for women.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The opposition leader says the Russian president offers no indication of taking those steps.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

No so for Russia. Russia and Ukraine both prohibit more than two consecutive presidential terms, Neither Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin nor President Dmitri Medvedev has ruled out another presidential bid.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01