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On July 3, following a national vote that took place from June 25 to July 1 and approved 206 amendments to the Russian constitution, Vladimir Putin held a virtual meeting with the members of the group that drafted the constitutional changes.The changes included an amendment that removed legal obstacles to Putin remaining president until 2036.At the meeting, Putin thanked the working group and asked the members to share ideas on how to safeguard and popularize the new constitution. The changes in the constitution require rewriting more than 150 federal and regional laws, banning gay marriage, mandatory studies in schools to emphasize our moral values" and using foreign policy to project those values as a tool of soft power and influence abroad.JUNE 11
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