Vladimir Putin proposes to re-write Russian Constitution with new and very anti-LGBT+ rules.
“Marriage will be defined as the union of a man and a woman”.
This and many other proposals are among those constitutional amendments that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin proposed and which are set to be put to a public vote.
This is clearly a strategical move that Mr Putin wants to play to keep a hold on his power even when his presidential term would end in 2024.
Amongst the proposals for the change of Russia’s Constitution we can also find a proclamation of Russians' faith in God and a very strong ban on giving away any Russian territory, and this would of course, strengthen Russia’s power on Crimea which legally belongs to Ukraine but that got annexed to Russia in 2014.
These changes will continue Putin’s homophobic and anti-LGBT+ position, putting a ban on possible civil uni...