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this week president vladimir putin made sure he could retain that position until 2036 where the signing of a new law he can now run for another 6 year terms once his current stint and and if he does it would make him russia's longest ruling leader surpassing joseph styling his critics call it a constitutional crew designed to make put in president for life his supporters say it means stability for the government. since 1st becoming president in 2000 putin has you might say managed to change the rules to stretch his influence initially served 4 years and then another 4 when he was voted in again by the russian constitution said that time to the terms was the limit so when put in his time was up in 2008 he handed the reins to his colleague dmitri medvedev and he

became prime minister but many say he continued behind the scenes as the real leader so much so that in 2012 midvale have stepped aside and put in again stood for president by this time presidential terms had been extended to 6 years put in one and again in 2018 securing power until 2024 but his now been another change in the constitution last year voters agreed put in should have the chance to serve another to turns his opponent overwhelming popularity and aggressive stance against critics makes that seem almost guaranteed . let's bring in our guests in moscow dimitri babich is

a political analyst at my internet project in rome marco deledio head of the russia and balkans desk of the center for international studies also in moscow alexander solidere a member of the russian opposition and former chairman of open russia welcome to the program dimitri 1st of all what is putting trying to say here is he saying that he wants to cling to power for other. well 1st i would like to tell you that it's not already it was not ready you're not signed that law because the war was basically bullshit at the referendum last year by serving your servant 1st and of the people who bought in the board i think that situation is misrepresented in a lot of the western media 1st they say that he has been running russia since the year although that's not exactly true because in 2008 yes it handed the reins of

power to meet him and made him and then you have for example decided not to was going to. un vote in 2011 which it was alternately holster that decision. was made to do you know push his way through and the result was going to conduct it was murder in a very very earliest you know and maybe even a civil war so. it was all been there almost is that what happened ok the other problem is that in 2000 to start the government you're always you may not be around you about this in 2000 i think that western media and their decision has not announced his decision to run again and i'm not sure if you go around the stars and been not just. mark or if you look at the pattern of the tenure of the president president putting forward to 1000 you get that sense of someone

who is determined to further just extend the term limits. that the term limits again and again could this be an indication that the man is to have some sense of immunity against any prosecution of herewith ties. atheists indie bands indie bands of. which kind of sorts and national groups. can feel and can be received that i think the better sept should broach and the russia is the friend benteke ali the law can now can project for future. prosecution for the act years the e.u. will do as president. you know i agree.

we might go to league in moscow sunburns there is a different and better section of if you do remote bloody. and russia and in the rest of the war there and the same is about that are not russian affairs but i think we can agree that after so many years in a bar where there is a growing. feeling and the size of share a russian sociate the 2 are the talk. part of the government especially in these moments we should yet connolly is suffering and when the economy suffers you know the bully to guard the school board in elysium asia starts to crumble illegal be even better for a big man and be get bullied the gullah meeting but in the national level light was emitted alexander if you go back to 2008 putting had different choices he opted for

placing a putting a placeholder. and then coming back after 4 years this time he decided for a different tactic which is basically to reset the clock on the time limits and start from scratch which is going to be another 12 years how do you see that this move by by putting. well actually i should say that that was looking quite weird because if we go back to january 2021 day one of the authorities and mounts this constitutional reform everything was looking like something big is upcoming but then it all ended up in in this reset which looked pretty pretty stupid. so everybody expected him to stay in power of course because he's a typical dictator he's now in power for more than 20 years and we cannot i cannot

with all due respect i can i am to grieve with me to see that i made it if it was a real president i mean this is ridiculous for all the russians who leave here. so . buton was planning to stay in power but at the very beginning of the 2020 look like he was planning probably to stay in power by some other tactic but suddenly it appeared that he just. decided to reset the constitution and he didn't even use referendum for this because it was not referendum it was the fake voting that was cold a national nationwide voting which has nothing in common with the real procedure of referendum so i think the plan was probably a little bit different and then something probably happened then they change the mind or probably would just don't know something because now it looks like well ok now no one is surprised that he wants to stay in power forever i don't think he's

going to be alive by 2036 but anyway he's he's access to the medicine i'm like the rest of the russians is of course very very very high and he's got all the possibilities to stay alive for a very long time right of time dimiter how do you respond to what extend has been basically saying about the fact that the last is both was manipulated for a political visa and that putin has always been holding this desire to stay impala for as long as it takes. well speaking about staying in power for our well a lot around our. daughter biden who is now the president of the united states and who is 78 which is 11 years older than john. basically ert you said that you would run it would try to run for the 2nd time when i asked which

would stand at the age of $86.00 at the end of their term because the day by the way dimiter the debate is not about the age the debate is about it wasn't a democracy like on the us he has the rank of all to go for 2 terms. i think. the last and brightest thing that was the staying power is a just fix i don't think this is true but if by the press is awake he will state where exactly is the scene. that is like a response to the war. i think well it was the united states in terms of your more christian the derby and the fact that in the. end except the set was right when you said that. this procedure that way since 2000 when she was no older around even though there was all that referendum but 100 percent of the eligible wallace in russia had the right to come to that you know the voting stations

i came to know all my family. and the majority shouldn't rule her the said or change the constitution that was included there was not all of it then you or you know the new rules or electing the president basically is going to be an exception all the other president will not be able to stay for more than 2 terms but also there are many other things which people support such as you know defining the family as a union or man and woman which makes it possible to care about one sex marriage later on the way russia and other majesty which are supposed to protect russia from western influence as they were given is supported by the people and. going to disappear was i think part of the. you know i gingerly started to say that the majority of russians doesn't care that. i know that there is

a certain part of the population that doesn't force the majority of the. select this is exactly the same narrative that the president has been using which is basically over 78 percent of the people voted for the why. ranging. package of reforms and therefore this is a legitimate task which is i'm doing staying for powerful for as long as it takes because i have the right now for 2 consecutive 6 term 10 years. yes. i i don't want to judge a. referendum on was you know conduct the we respect dr laws or not you know in every government 3 juries referendum us. this kind of dynamic one thing is are they. all doing. eason divorcée shown to be at the top of the russian what have you got

a system for another 15 years maybe if even if we run in the future sincerely i think i'm not sure the 9 to 100 percent that it will be a. deal doesn't the except. an if these then it can be nothing will sign for russian political season because maybe it will mean that the already gussie's them in this tailor made and all the piracy dog bark where he's not able and won't be able to find excess sess or so find a mule if we end these contests we've all seen that kind of

a concept or about the solution and i don't rock and of course i think that if these ads bend it will be there a bit the show or something that drives the knees story knows very well it is the asian beauty of us that mission going to brezhnev or. alexander on the other hand it could be an indication that the opposition fragmented could not put together a new platform a candidate that could have a chance to challenge putting in the past challenges the why to go for the vote in 2020 and tell people it's about time to reverse that trend was the opposition. well basically in jail the answer is very simple so everyone who poses a threat at this border less they go to jail immediately when i was

a candidate in 2019 in elections to moscow city doing which is well they i mean this is a just a regional level not a federal one. we didn't expect the harsh reaction from the authorities still as long as we started to pose a threat to the candidate from the program and party we all went to jail i had to spend 28 days in jail i was released then but some of them some of the people are still in jail so i was just lucky lucky one and alexei navalny is definitely a figure who can. who can challenge light emitted but they i mean everyone 1st of all the past old unnecessary loss to poots anyone who they whom they don't like into jail so they pass every they have already passed every law to make any voting totally controllable i mean.

even if the pro they are being exposed they just don't care about them so we cannot even say anything about the majority or not majority supporting constitutional reform or putin because there is no free and fair elections so this is absolutely irrelevant saying that we are the majority and you are not going majority because we do not know that ok i didn't say you were talking about the what some perception to the political life in russia now or not all shit about those who voted for full full full the changes last in full for the full put into stay impala what was the what was that justification was it political stability was it economy all of the facts for many of the shows that this is the most powerful man that guaranteed to bit today and to the chop to the elton. oh well oh let me just remind you of that took a step down or the people who bought the roll on. you know the new jane gist of

the constitution granted that's not the people want it to be and there was even run a region where these people want a majority and no one will be in jail for that and us well the next. year never in a position granted what then to the girl was included in my where anyone was oh and you people have been doing with what you knew all along authorized read it you know we organized no all right some of them at the top in game 4. but he'd never done that a. lot i really say that or not us but he did grow up edition the non-gaming. are not in there and again there are a lot of people like you agree willing to meet another they're all great and all have their artists which are were great and which sometimes when

a local election. why people voted or extended or well let me just give you a crack. at the datable warning in change not ended. i mean we're going to be faced on a paper with a huge change in government but there is no war that's mary this is something the last. when there are as you've been. given the lead in change now there is no war that you meant was was the economic stimulation because. during his 1st 2 terms russia was broke and rated late the rules slow down in the south because of their international financial and economic crisis remember the crisis so all of them. russia basically want the war in syria should it union not we need

a new war i wouldn't be i was really i wouldn't qualify as such because syria mains divide destroyed almost quarter of a 1000000 of people killed it's a nightmare scenario i wouldn't qualify that as a success anyway well what if i'd just as a success for syria because of course the terrible she will war waged war on our us but it should be to norm invited or in august russia and iran are no longer on it was invited but their their their card use we see used in syria it can be used to you i see your point that yes i see where i mean. it's you know obvious is saying that this is someone who has restore some sense of dignity to the to the to the russian people but that it remains to be seen because there's a divide as far as that perception is concerned marco in china in egypt and in

other parts of the world we've seen leaders trying to remove the term limits and extend their powers is this the rise of thora tarion nism in the world. it is small mainly in some parts of the war there is these the strand and they think that. keeping. these very strong belief very borrower's for ios india was. kind of try or was barby's asian in many rob or some time in this part of government we are leaving you know even though you know war we should there are may be conflicts in very dangerous sorry arse and very sensitive areas of the world like you said we believe we are indeed syria we are freezing. their meat got caught we

dined in and certain parts of the war we have to eat that these strong belief that she has a very dark economic goals and he is kind of a contract between out i'd be far worse and then the conduct of these economic studies asian and well you know exchange of the stronger leadership of and rule and i don't know if it's we last in the future or got out ok alexander 2012 i've seen the we saw the opposition building momentum and when it was opposed to to to that or for that pave the way for putting to stage a political comeback you spoke about the crackdown on the opposition what what what does this leave the opposition in the future are they likely to reinvent themselves try to deal with an ever changing political landscape in russia well you know if

comparing to 2012 of course. there were a lot more flexibility a little possibilities for the. different candidates to be at least registered to be to take part in elections now with dates in most cases you're not being even registered a few cases yeah in some cases some of the candidates may be registered if their reason now competition with the program and party some of the constituencies are being freed just to make the candidates from another parties which are also programs unlike just russia or a communist party they sometimes just do not take part in those elections in order to make to give a chance for the for those. fake opposition to become to become devotees or something in those regions sometimes. real opposition when just because united

russia do not control the situation there and they say just to the rest of the candidates that your problem so this is the only possibility left legal possibility left to take part in elections ok that's why saying that there resteal opposition it's totally incorrect the reason is long as you try to unite i mean you immediately have problems in russia you may have searches just for nothing. to confiscate everything didn't say less than 30 seconds if you don't mind this is someone just for the sake of thinking paul what changes the basic law of process however comes in that would just be tempted to do the same thing and again and again would end up with a brain a opac political system in russia just because someone finds his thing impala and definitely. i don't think so i think one relations with the west and they will rule because of the west will come to us then it will be granted you will lose and war choices were russians and this time was already com ok lets see

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