Long-time Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, who faces a another presidential election in March, said that he considers himself fit for office despite his advancing age. “I feel within myself the strength, the energy to work to fulfil the tasks facing the country,” Putin, 71, said on Wednesday during a visit to the remote Chukotka region in far eastern Russia, according to the state agency news agency TASS. Putin stressed that he is a “grown man,” noting that he feels like a father who is happy about the successes of others in the family. The visit to the regional capital Anadyr is one of the Kreml…