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Russia's opposition flounders as Putin changes constitution

Kremlin critics say the reform vote is a thinly veiled attempt to keep President Putin, 67, in power for life

Russia's opposition is denouncing this week's vote on President Vladimir Putin's constitutional reforms as a joke, pointing out that copies of the amended basic law are already on sale in Moscow bookshops.

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