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| Parliament greenlights Putin’s proposed amendments to Russia’s Constitution | Parliament greenlights Putin’s proposed amendments to Russia’s Constitution |
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| Russian MPs have voted in favor of a bill to amend the country’s Constitution. This would include broadening the powers of parliament as well as limiting the number of presidential terms. | Russian MPs have voted in favor of a bill to amend the country’s Constitution. This would include broadening the powers of parliament as well as limiting the number of presidential terms. |
| The bill was supported by 382 deputies during the second and main reading on Tuesday. Some 44 abstained, with no one voting the amendments down. | The bill was supported by 382 deputies during the second and main reading on Tuesday. Some 44 abstained, with no one voting the amendments down. |
| Russians will head to the polls to vote on the proposed constitutional changes on April 22. The said amendments to the country’s’ principal law, among other things, include redistributing some of the powers away from the president to the Duma, restricting the president to two terms, banning officials from having foreign citizenship and fixing the minimum wage. | |
| During his speech in the parliament’s lower house (Duma), Putin pointed out that this was “long overdue.” | |
| The changes are aimed at strengthening the country’s sovereignty and traditions, while creating the conditions for “for steady, positive, evolutionary development of Russia in the long-term historical perspective.” | |
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