Coronavirus Spoils Putin's 'Forever-in-Power' Public Vote
The column explains how the pandemic disrupted a carefully staged constitutional plebiscite. Klishin argues that the Kremlin lost timing control and faced a strategic bind where postponement and continuation both carried rising political costs.
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