So this is how Putin stays in power forever!? After MP Valentina Tereshkova (a famous former cosmonaut) said the constitutional amendments should remove the presidential term limits, the speaker adjourned parliament to consult with Putin meduza.io/news/2020/03/1…
To be exact, parliament is discussing a reset of the presidential term limit to give Putin the right to run again. Very interesting after Putin said last week he didn't intend to head the state council as was widely expected rferl.org/a/russia-putin…
If parliament resets the term limit with the constitutional amendments, Putin could stay in power until 2036. The fact the proposal was made by the 1st woman in space, ruling party MP Valentina Tereshkova, suggests it comes from high up meduza.io/en/news/2020/0…
"Either we should remove the presidential term limit or, if the situation demands it & most importantly if people want this, put into law the possibility for the current president to be re-elected in accordance with the revitalized constitution" *applause*
It increasingly looks like we will see Putin allowed to run for president again. After the proposal to reset term limits, he's making a rare personal visit to the parliament in a half hour
Putin says he supports the reset of term limits to allow him to run again if the national vote and constitutional court approve the constitutional amendments. Both those things are likely to happen, so Putin will be able to run again in 2024...and 2030... 
An analyst close to the ruling party says Putin intended to clear the way to run again when he 1st called for constitutional amendments last month. So all these parliamentary discussions, interviews, meetings were just elaborate political theater to keep Putin in power up to 2036
.@mich261213's @openrussia_team & other opposition parties are calling for March 21 protest against the changes to allow Putin to run again. "We are talking about the usurpation of power by Vladimir Putin. A country where the government hasn't changed for 20 years has no future"
The wheels of Putin's eternal power continue to churn: after his speech about new term limits parliament immediately passes the 2nd reading of the constitutional amendments meduza.io/news/2020/03/1…
Hours after the opposition applies to hold a 50,000-person demonstration on March 21 against allowing Putin to run again, Moscow bans all public events with more than 5,000 people until April 10 because of, you guessed it, coronavirus tvrain.ru/news/v_moskve_…
One take: To stop clan infighting as Putin considered his next move, "it became necessary to signal to the elites that the incumbent has an option to stay in place after 2024. The system is in such a state that it needs to survive today..." @POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/vladim…
Regardless of whether Putin plans to run in 2024 or is just keeping options open, whether he thinks he's the country's savior or just can't let go of power, today was the day the thin veneer of democracy fell off completely. @POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/vladim…
383 MPs voted to pass the constitutional amendments that will allow Putin 2 more terms & 43 abstained (the Communists). No one voted against. Public gatherings over 5,000 have been banned in Moscow. The last shred of Russian democracy dies with a whimper japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/1…
Just thinking about the elevator Putin portrait stunt last month. Russians can now look forward to 16 more years of swearing in disbelief. @MoscowTimes
The Krasnoselsky municipal council is the 1st official organ to protest Putin's 2036 power grab, activist council head @IlyaYashin says. "We call on citizens to use all legal methods of protest to defend the foundations of the constitutional order & stop the usurpation of power"
