Ruling Putin by 2036, constitutional changes voted next month

Russian citizens will head to the ballot boxes on July 1st. They will vote for constitutional changes, where Russian media announce President Putin will remain in power until 2036. Earlier, the vote was postponed due to Coronavirus' invisibility.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has scheduled July 1st when the Russians will address the ballot boxes for constitutional changes in the country.

Russian media report that by means of these changes, Putin is allowed to remain in power until 2036. The Russian president has made that decision, at a meeting with members of the team who have drafted the bill.

This draft law with constitutional amendments has been adopted by Russian Duma lawmakers and the country's Constitutional Court in March. The Russians would go to the referendum on April 22nd to validate this law, but due to Coronavirus's pandemic, the polls were postponed.

Putin's critics have suggested that these changes have been made in order to increase its power for 12 years. The president's current mandate ends in 2024.

Earlier, in January, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned from his post, where he said the government wants to pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to make the necessary changes in Russia. In his speech a few months ago, President Putin spoke of reforms.

Putin has been in power for 20 years, from December 31st 1999, when he replaced then-President Boris Jelcet.

By 2008 Putin was president, while in 2008, the prime minister. In 2012, he exchanged positions with Medvedev, and took up the post of president where he will be until 2024.