Parliament Passes Amendment Allowing Putin to Stay in Power
Constitutional changes allowing Vladimir Putin to run for President again in 2024 sailed through Russia’s lower house of Parliament, opening the way for him to potentially stay in power until 2036.
Key Features
- Putin, a former KGB officer, is currently required by the Constitution to step down in 2024 when his second sequential and fourth presidential term ends. But the amendment would formally reset his presidential term tally to zero.
- The 450-seat State Duma, the lower house of the Parliament, voted in favour of the change, along with other amendments to the Constitution.
- If the constitutional court now gives its blessing to ....
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