eEdition Subscribe Log in
Saturday, October 05, 2024
50.0°F
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right shakes hands with the hospital's chief Denis Protsenko during his visit to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka settlement, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. During a visit to the Komunarka hospital on Moscow outskirts, Putin praised its doctors for high professionalism, saying they were working "like clockwork." (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right shakes hands with the hospital's chief Denis Protsenko during his visit to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka settlement, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. During a visit to the Komunarka hospital on Moscow outskirts, Putin praised its doctors for high professionalism, saying they were working "like clockwork." (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

March 25, 2020

Stories this photo appears in:

Citing virus, Putin delays vote that would extend his rule
March 25, 2020 10:09 a.m.

Citing virus, Putin delays vote that would extend his rule

MOSCOW (AP) — Citing the coronavirus, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that include a change potentially allowing him to stay in office until 2036.