“We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation, united by a common fate on our land, affirming human rights and freedoms, civil peace and harmony, preserving the historically established state unity, proceeding from the universally recognized principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, honoring the memory of our ancestors who conveyed love and respect to us to the Fatherland, faith in goodness and justice, reviving the sovereign statehood of Russia and affirming the inviolability of its democratic foundation, striving to ensure the well-being and prosperity of Russia, based on responsibility for our Motherland before present and future generations, recognizing ourselves as part of the world community, we accept the Constitution of the Russian Federation ” - says the preamble.
Actors Irina Kupchenko, Ivan Okhlobystin, Vasily Lanovoi, cosmonaut commander Oleg Kononenko, designer Artemy Lebedev, World War II veteran Ignat Sergeyevich Artemenko, cardiac surgeon Leo Bokeria and two-time Olympic hockey champion Vyacheslav Fetis starred in the video.
In addition, the preamble is read out by the Permanent Representative of Kalmykia under President Sangadzhi Tarbaev, Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova, director of the Tauric Chersonesos Museum Elena Morozova, cheese farmer Oleg Sirota, artistic director of the Moscow musical theater Mikhail Shvydkoi.
On June 1, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced during the meeting that a constitutional vote would be held on July 1. Later, the head of state signed a decree.
As the co-chair of the working group, Pavel Krasheninnikov, noted, this day will be declared a day off in Russia.