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With little margin for surprise, today ends the vote that began last Thursday across Russia to approve the constitutional amendments promoted by the Kremlin, which open the door to the continued power of President Vladimir Putin beyond 2024.

Putin launched a constitutional reform last January that thanks to a last-minute amendment authorizes the incumbent president to remain in the Kremlin for two more terms until 2036, when he will be 84 years old. With the current text, Putin would have had to leave the presidency in 2024.

The Russian leader wants to keep his future open. And he assures that it is still premature to talk about his plans for 2024. "It will be seen," he said in an interview, although he specified that he does not rule out running for reelection if the Constitution gives him such a possibility.

But between 2018 and 2020 its approval level fell from 79% to 59% , according to the independent Levada institute.

One of the main opponents of the Kremlin, Alexei Navalny, believes that the sole objective of the vote is to reset "Putin's mandate counter to zero and give him the right to a life presidency." "It is a violation of the Constitution, a coup, " he wrote on his social networks.

The reform also establishes the indexation of pensions according to the cost of living, "faith in God" and marriage as a heterosexual union. The 'yes' victory is taken for granted: Russian state pollster VTsIOM said Monday that its polls showed that 76% of Russians had voted in favor of reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his power until 2036. From done the amended Constitution is already for sale in bookstores. As the main day of the constitutional plebiscite, today was declared a holiday throughout the country.

Voting on constitutional amendments amid the pandemic has been criticized by the opposition. In Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region, the right to vote can be exercised electronically to avoid contagion. Russia is currently the third country in the world in the number of Covid-19 cases, behind only the United States and Brazil.

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