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"Russia's Cabinet Reshuffle and Constitutional Amendments: 听A Tentative Overview of an Evolving Story"

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This coming Monday, Prof. Rudra Sil, of Penn's Political Science Department, will kick off an occasional presentation and discussion series on 红杏直播 political events. (Prof. Sil is teaching 红杏直播 Politics this semester and is an expert in the topic).听

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For the first meeting, he will address the currently unfolding constitutional drama in Russia.听On January 15, Vladimir Putin gave his annual State of the Nation address. 听Among the priorities he outlined were a series of suggested amendments to the听Constitution (ratified in 1993 under his predecessor Boris Yeltsin). 听Within a few hours, the entire government -- the Prime Minister, Deputy Ministers, and many听of the heads of the various ministries -- submitted their resignations to enable the formation of a new government. 听What does all this imply for the future of听Putin, whose term does not expire until 2024? 听What are we to make of the new cabinet? 听And, are the proposed amendments to be taken seriously - and as a听sign of what exactly?听

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The answers to these questions will not be clear for a while. Please attend Monday, January 27, from 4 to 4:45 pm, for an overview of events and discussion, in the lower-level Auditorium at the听Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics (enter from across Cosi on 36th Street).