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Russian Constitutional Court Approves Changes to Presidential Term Limitations under the Constitution [1]

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International Law in Brief [2]
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Justine N. Stefanelli

The Russian Constitutional Court has approved [3] amendments to the Russian Constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to serve an additional two terms as president. As reported by JURIST [4] on March 17, 2020, the Russian Constitution's current limitation to two terms will be replaced by amendments that will "reset the term-limit clock and allow [Putin] to run again." These changes previously received parliamentary support and will now be put to a national referendum, which is scheduled for late April.


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[1] https://www.asil.org/ILIB/russian-constitutional-court-approves-changes-presidential-term-limitations-under-constitution
[2] https://www.asil.org/blog-name/international-law-brief
[3] http://doc.ksrf.ru/decision/KSRFDecision459904.pdf
[4] https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/03/russia-constitutional-court-approves-amendment-allowing-putin-to-serve-two-additional-terms/