THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE LABYRINTHS OF CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE
Journal: Jurisprudencija
Year: 2021

This article examines the 2020 amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1993), the process of their adoption, and their impact on the development of constitutionalism in Russia. The constitutional amendments in question were initiated by the President of Russia at the beginning of 2020, were adopted with urgency by the Russian Parliament, were subsequently approved by the “all-Russian vote”, and finally entered into force on 4 July 2020. They not only changed the content of the