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A conventional Russian Orthodox wedding event – conservatism promoted by the Kremlin (file picture).
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants marital relationship to be specified as the union of a males and female in a revised constitution, dismissing gay marital relationship.
It is among a number of constitutional modifications proposed by Mr Putin, which are set to be put to a public vote.
Critics see the proposals as a move by Mr Putin to keep a hold on power after his governmental term ends in 2024.
The bundle includes a proclamation of Russians’ faith in God and a restriction on distributing any Russian area.
The territorial change would strengthen Russia’s hold on Crimea – a Ukrainian region it annexed in 2014 – and the Kuril Islands, challenged with Japan given that World War Two, according to Vladimir Mashkov, a distinguished actor-director involved in drafting the brand-new constitution.
Mr Putin also proposed a modification on “historical reality”, to protect “the terrific accomplishment of individuals in their defence of the Fatherland”.
He has actually railed against what he sees as foreign attempts to lessen the massive sacrifice made by the USSR in World War 2. The defeat of Nazi Germany cost an estimated 27 million Sov