While Russian lawmakers are busy changing the country’s election laws in preparation for parliamentary elections this year, the lower house of parliament is due this month to consider whether President Vladimir Putin’s new National Guard should be allowed to shoot Russian citizens without warning.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (unseen) at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 14, 2016.
