Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on con...
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on constitutional changes that would allow him to extend his rule, saying the health and safety of citizens was his top priority as the global coronavirus pandemic worsens.
His postponement followed calls from critics to delay the vote, which had been planned for April 22. One opposition activist, Andrei Pivovarov, likened the idea to proceed amid coronavirus to “holding a party during the plague”. Putin, who has dominated the Russian political landscape as president or prime minister for two decades, spoke on the day that Russia recorded its biggest one day rise in cases, though at 658, the official tally remains much lower than in many European countries.
Billboards urging Russians to take part in the nationwide vote on constitutional changes have already gone up in many Russian towns and cities.
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