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It's been a while since a major #Putin policy address has been anything other than boring. Not today. Today, Putin proposed a radical reshaping of #Russia's political system.
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Notwithstanding all of the various socio-economic and foreign policy statements (most of which are genuinely boring), the crux of Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly is what looks to be a reasonably sweeping constitutional reform.
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The really big one is a shift of gov't and ministerial accountability from the presidency to the parliament. Under the revised constitution, the Duma would select the PM and approve most ministers, and the president would be obliged to appoint them.
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