FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, Russian opposition candidate Dmitry Gudkov speaks to journalists sitting inside a police car as he arrives to the court in Moscow, Russia. Gudkov, a former lawmaker turned opposition politician, believes an early parliamentary election is likely, the Kremlin would want the vote to be this year instead of next. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
March 11, 2020
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March 11, 2020 10:32 a.m.
Russian lawmakers move to keep Putin in power past 2024
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036.