If, as expected, the constitutional changes are approved, Putin would be able to run for two more back-to-back six-year terms after his current one expires in 2024. A woman casts her ballot Thursday at a polling station in Vladivostok, Russia during a seven-day vote for constitutional reforms. (Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)Critics believe he intends to cling to power like elderly Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev who died in office. 'You can boycott it'Experts from state pollster VTsIOM have forecast that 67 to 71 per cent of voters will endorse the constitutional changes anyway. The Communist Party, which traditionally supports Putin on all major issues, has come out against the constitutional changes.

Source: CBC News June 25, 2020 08:37 UTC