Putin, 65, told an annual news conference that Russia's political system must be competitive, but the opposition lacked a strong candidate to challenge him because his opponents, while creating a lot of noise, had very little to offer the nation.
(Reporting by Denis Punchuk, Vladimir Soldatkin and Jack Stubbs; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Christian Lowe)Putin says will run as independent candidate for new Kremlin term
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