JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin Sets Constitution Vote for July 1 as Covid-19 Crisis Wanes” – Bloomberg/ Jake Rudnitsky, Ilya Arkhipov

“… Putin rescheduled a referendum … open[ing] a path for him to remain in power until 2036[, delayed because of Covid-19]. … [O]riginally planned for April 22[, the referendum] … will be held July 1 …. [with] [v]oting … spread out over a week …. With Russia slowly emerging from [a] two[-]month[] … nationwide lockdown … the Kremlin is rushing to hold the vote. The restrictions … [and] plung[ing] … prices for oil … led … economic activity [to decline] by a third, sending approval ratings for the president lower …. According to a Levada poll, Putin’s approval rating has fallen to the lowest level in two decades. …”

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