Consolidating the Putin Regime: The 2020 Referendum on Russia’s Constitutional Amendments

IF 0.7 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE Russian Politics Pub Date : 2021-07-29 DOI:10.30965/24518921-00603004
Derek S. Hutcheson, I. McAllister
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In July 2020, Russian voters gave strong support to a package of constitutional reforms that reconfigured the Russian political system and enshrined social guarantees and conservative identity values, consolidating the regime that has been built over a 20-year period. This was achieved through an alteration that ‘zeroed’ presidential terms that commenced before the constitutional change, potentially allowing President Vladimir Putin to overcome term limits and continue in office beyond 2024. The article explains how such a far-reaching and important change was successfully endorsed by the Russian electorate. The analysis shows that the main explanation rests with variations in voting patterns across the regions, a pattern that has been evident in previous Russian elections and resulted in strong pro-Putin support. The article also evaluates questions raised about the legitimacy of the result, and its long-term significance for the Russian political system.
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巩固普京政权:2020年俄罗斯宪法修正案公投
2020年7月,俄罗斯选民对一揽子宪法改革给予了大力支持,这些改革重新配置了俄罗斯的政治体系,并将社会保障和保守的身份价值观纳入其中,巩固了历时20年建立起来的政权。这是通过修改宪法之前开始的总统任期“零”来实现的,这可能使弗拉基米尔·普京总统克服任期限制,并在2024年之后继续执政。这篇文章解释了如此深远而重要的变革是如何成功地得到俄罗斯选民的支持的。分析显示,主要原因在于各地区投票模式的差异,这种模式在之前的俄罗斯选举中很明显,并导致了亲普京的强烈支持。文章还评估了对选举结果的合法性提出的质疑,以及它对俄罗斯政治制度的长期意义。
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Russian Politics
Russian Politics Arts and Humanities-History
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