On February 27, a referendum on amendments to the Constitution will be held in Belarus. Self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko calls the upcoming changes an evolutionary path of the country's development, while the opposition calls it a fiction and another attempt to usurp power. The BBC edition told what changes are in question. In January…

The Central Election Commission of Russia reported that 100% of the protocols from polling stations and electronic voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia have been counted. According to the Central Election Commission, 77,92% of citizens voted “for”, writes BBC. According to the head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, the vote was recognized as valid...

The official Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in the United States has published recommendations on how to prepare and take part in the all-Russian vote on approving amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Anatoly Antonov spoke about this. On July 1, 2020, citizens ...

The Constitutional Court of Russia approved the content of all amendments to the Constitution, including the nullification of the term of presidential powers of Vladimir Putin and the procedure of the all-Russian voting provided for their entry into force, writes BBC. How the Constitutional Court considered the amendments to the Constitution The conclusion of the Constitutional Court was adopted behind closed doors ...

Deputies of the State Duma of Russia in the second reading approved the amendments by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Constitution. At the last moment, amendments were made to the text of the bill to hold early parliamentary elections and nullify Putin's presidential terms. After that, the President himself came to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed adding an amendment to the Constitution with a mention of God, says Alex Grigoriev for Voice of America. So far the amendment looks like this: “The Russian Federation, united by a thousand-year history, preserving the memory of the ancestors who passed on to us the ideals and faith in God, as well as...

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed submitting amendments to the Constitution to a referendum. Changing the basic law is a popular initiative among post-Soviet leaders whose powers are expiring. The BBC writes about this. Russia is no exception: in 2008, the presidential term was increased to six...

Supporters of California's secession from the United States received permission from the state authorities to collect signatures for a referendum to amend the region's constitution. The collection of signatures could start from January 26, within 180 days activists need to collect 585 signatures of registered voters ...

The mayor of the city of Novograd-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region, sent a letter to President Petro Poroshenko with a proposal to rename the state “Ukraine-Rus”. This is reported on the city website. According to him, “city mayor Vladimir Zagryv issued an order stating that he would submit a proposal to the President of Ukraine regarding...

The head of the Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights (OSPP), Mikhail Anshakov, appealed to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation demanding a legal assessment of the law “on the annexation of Crimea to Russia.” Anshakov’s like-minded people, Valery Otstavnykh and Konstantin Seleznev, also joined the lawsuit. According to the plaintiff, when...