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MOSCOW - Russian state opinion pollster VTsIOM said on Monday (June 29) that its exit polls showed that 76 per cent of Russians had so far voted to support reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036.
Russian state exit polls show 76% have so far voted for reforms that could extend Putin's rule
If approved, the changes would allow Mr Vladimir Putin to run twice for President again after his current term in office expires in 2024.PHOTO: AFP
The nationwide vote on constitutional reforms began last Thursday and is being held over seven days as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic.
If approved, the changes would allow Mr Putin to run twice for president again after his current term in office expires in 2024.
Trump says report on Russian Afghanistan bounties isn't credible
The reports have drawn fresh attention to President Trump's efforts to build warmer relations with the Kremlin. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
June 29, 2020 - President Donald Trump said in a tweet that US intelligence officials told him a report that the Russian government paid bounties for American and allied troops to be killed in Afghanistan wasn't credible, and therefore didn't brief him about it.
"Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff #MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians," he tweeted on Sunday (June 28). "Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us."
In a separate tweet late on Sunday, Mr Trump added: "Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP."
The White House and Director of National Intelligence last Saturday denied the report, first published by the New York Times.
Russia's Foreign Ministry also dismissed it.
EU extends economic sanctions against Russia for six months
The sanctions are designed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.PHOTO: REUTERS
European Union nations formally extended economic sanctions against Russia on Monday (June 29) by six months until Jan 31 next year, the grouping of EU countries known as the European Council said.
European leaders had agreed to extend the sanctions at their summit on June 19, after discussing the state of the Minsk agreements, designed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.
"Given that full implementation has not yet been achieved, EU leaders took the political decision to roll over the economic sanctions against Russia," the Council said in a statement.
Russian state exit polls show 76% have so far voted for reforms that could extend Putin's rule
If approved, the changes would allow Mr Vladimir Putin to run twice for President again after his current term in office expires in 2024.PHOTO: AFP
The nationwide vote on constitutional reforms began last Thursday and is being held over seven days as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic.
If approved, the changes would allow Mr Putin to run twice for president again after his current term in office expires in 2024.
Trump says report on Russian Afghanistan bounties isn't credible
The reports have drawn fresh attention to President Trump's efforts to build warmer relations with the Kremlin. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
June 29, 2020 - President Donald Trump said in a tweet that US intelligence officials told him a report that the Russian government paid bounties for American and allied troops to be killed in Afghanistan wasn't credible, and therefore didn't brief him about it.
"Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff #MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians," he tweeted on Sunday (June 28). "Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us."
In a separate tweet late on Sunday, Mr Trump added: "Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP."
The White House and Director of National Intelligence last Saturday denied the report, first published by the New York Times.
Russia's Foreign Ministry also dismissed it.
EU extends economic sanctions against Russia for six months
The sanctions are designed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.PHOTO: REUTERS
European Union nations formally extended economic sanctions against Russia on Monday (June 29) by six months until Jan 31 next year, the grouping of EU countries known as the European Council said.
European leaders had agreed to extend the sanctions at their summit on June 19, after discussing the state of the Minsk agreements, designed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.
"Given that full implementation has not yet been achieved, EU leaders took the political decision to roll over the economic sanctions against Russia," the Council said in a statement.