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  • 2020-11-10 (xsd:date)
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  • the State Duma would have to put forward accusations of high treason or gravely serious felonies. However (en)
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  • On November 5, a draft bill was submitted to the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) seeking to significantly strengthen the president’s immunity from prosecution. Currently, Russian ex-presidents cannot be detained, arrested interrogated or otherwise charged for any crimes that allegedly occurred during their tenure.The proposed changes to the law are intended to expand that immunity to cover a president’s entire lifetime.Only acts of high treason or other series felonies could result in a revocation of that immunity.Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council meeting via video conference in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, November 10, 2020.Russia’s TASS news service outlined the procedures for any such revocation.Under the newly proposed bill (en)
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