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Russian Federation: Interim Opinion on Constitutional Amendments and the Procedure for their Adoption (CDL-AD(2021)005)

European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) · Council of Europe · 2021

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European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
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2026-09-01
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Adopted 19–20 March 2021. Para. 15 gives the official result of the 2020 vote; paras. 51–53 and 182–183 assess the presidential term-limit exception and the strengthening of the presidency.

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EstablishedThe Venice Commission concluded that the 2020 constitutional amendments disproportionately strengthened the Russian presidency and that exempting the current and former presidents from the new two-term limit was an ad hominem amendment.