nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200120-123544-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200120s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200120-123544-0 doi eng 342 23 Timofeev, Maxim Author aut Personal instead of Institutional Power What is wrong with Putin’s Plan to Change the Russian Constitution Timofeev, Maxim Verfassungsblog 2020-01-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The gist of the constitutional reform suggestions in Russia is to cement the power of Vladimir Putin once he leaves the office, and to make this in a safe, controlled environment. The latter aim cannot be achieved within the boundaries established by the Constitution. Thus, the constitutional requirements are thrown into the litter bin of necessity. However, circumventing formal procedures still calls for a sort of justification. That is why the proposed plan relies on substitutes that would mask its deficiencies. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 constitutional amendment Constitutional Reform Kryazhkova, Olga Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/personal-instead-of-institutional-power/ raw object