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Sat 03 Mar 2007Russian party leader wants Putin to stay onRUSSIA:Vladimir Putin's term should be extended, one of the country's most senior parliamentarians suggested last night, rekindling speculation about the Russian president's plans.The newly re-elected speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, Sergei Mironov, said he wanted to change the country's constitution so that Mr Putin could avoid stepping down next March at the end of his second four-year term.