officials say almost 80 percent backed the proposals that were put forward by putin opposition leader alexina vali has slammed the result as a huge lie that did not reflect public opinion. president vladimir putin was probably the only person who came to this moscow polling station without a mask it was the last day of the nationwide vote the kremlin even declared a bank holiday so that as many people as possible could take part in the constitutional reform had already been formally approved by the country's national and regional parliament puton turn to a public vote to validate the move the amendments and shrine many popular social changes including regular pension increases and a minimum wage but they'll also allow putin to keep running for president directly he could remain in office till 2036 this man voted no he says i don't need a new tsar. i like it because i'm afraid of change whenever things change in russia we end up worse off than before you start saying some voters only had to show their passports as proof of identity election observers were not allowed complete access and while votin