Early votes indicate Vladimir Putin could be Russian president for 16 more years

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The balloting was tarnished by reports of pressure on voters, other irregularities and concern that the early voting could not be monitored.

Early referendum results suggest Russian voters are overwhelmingly approving constitutional amendments that would allow President Vladimir Putin to run for another two terms and potentially extend his rule until 2036.

For the first time in Russia, polls were open for a week to bolster turnout without increasing crowds casting ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic. His intentions became clear only hours before a vote in parliament, when legislator Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first woman in space in 1963, proposed letting him run two more times.

 

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