Russia’s government has resigned just hours after President Vladimir Putin used his annual state-of-the-nation speech to call for broad changes to the constitution that would strengthen parliament’s powers ahead of the end of his term in 2024.
RFE/RL: Russian government resigns after Putin proposes constitutional changes
(FILES) In this file photo taken on Nov. 15, 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visit the New Jerusalem Orthodox Monastery outside the town of Istra, some 70 km outside Moscow.
