Putin as Russia's supreme leader? A constitutional rewrite brings out some 'crazy' ideas.
MOSCOW —When President Vladimir Putin threw open the gates for Russians to propose changes to the country's constitution, the rewrite frenzy was on — particularly among nationalists, social conservatives, chauvinists and militants, who all dream of a Russia even more strident and militaristic.
Russia is revamping its liberal Boris Yeltsin-era constitution, and citizens and organizations have put forward more than 700 suggested amendments — many with a distinctly anti-liberal bent.
How about declaring Putin Russia’s “Supreme Leader?” Or maybe enshrining the country’s nuclear weapons in the constitution? Perhaps it’s time to work in wording to protect the purity of the Russian language, or elevate Russia’s “civilized identity” or preserve its “cultural patrimony?”
There are calls, backed by Putin, to rule out same sex-marriage and LGBT parental rights in the constitution.
And the Russian Orthodox Church leaped at the chance to scythe away the references to Russia as a secular nation, proposing words about God instead and highlighting Russia as “God’s storied native land.”
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Czar Putin.
Let's not give Trump any ideas. Though it's a lot harder to amend our Constitution.
