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Putin's constitutional proposals OK'd in first Duma reading

by Associated Press
| January 23, 2020 1:35 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's parliament has approved a package of constitutional amendments in a first reading Thursday, in a move widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to stay in on power past the end of his term in 2024.

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