The move clears another barrier to Putin staying president until at least 2036.
. Putin, who has ruled Russia since 1999, is already in his fourth term as president, despite the constitutional limit of two terms. The question of how he would resolve the next limit has become the central question of Russian politics, fueling fears about a succession struggle.But since the start of the year, Putin has unleashed a series of moves seemingly intended to open ways for him to remain in power; in January, he proposed sweeping changes to the constitution and replaced his government.
The Constitutional Court's decision did not come as a surprise, though its speed was perhaps unexpected; the court is widely viewed as dominated by the Kremlin and its judges controlled by Putin's administration. Some of the amendments have been interpreted as creating for Putin options for retaining power outside the presidency, including strengthening a previously obscured body called the State Council.
Those additions are viewed by some experts as intended to encourage turnout for the vote to ensure the term limit change passes. They have also been criticized as dangerous for a country as multicultural as Russia, where there are dozens of ethnicities and languages, and millions of people with faiths other than Orthodox Christianity.
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