Russians to back reforms allowing Putin to extend rule
Russian President Vladimir Putin showing his passport while taking part in a nationwide vote on amendments to the Russian constitution at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, today. – EPA pic, July 1, 2020.
RUSSIANS are set to approve constitutional reforms today denounced by critics as a manoeuvre to allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in the Kremlin for life. The changes were passed weeks ago by Russia’s Parliament and copies of the new constitution are already on sale in bookshops, but Putin said a nationwide vote ending today is essential to give legitimacy to the plans.
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