Current Events > Russia to Grant Ex-Presidents Lifetime Immunity From Prosecution

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Russian lawmakers submitted legislation Thursday that would grant former presidents lifetime immunity from criminal prosecution under President Vladimir Putins constitutional reforms, Interfax reported.
Under current laws, presidents cannot be held criminally or administratively liable for crimes committed while serving their terms. A parliamentary working group assessing Putins constitutional reforms proposed earlier this year to extend presidential immunity beyond their terms of office.
The bill secures immunity guarantees for ex-presidents beyond the terms of their presidential powers, Interfax quoted Senator Andrei Klishas, the groups co-chair, as telling reporters.
This expands the timeframe of immunity guarantees for a president who stops exercising their powers, added Klishas, who chairs the upper-house Federation Councils Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building.
The newly proposed bill also grants both chambers of the Russian parliament the power to strip presidents of immunity by a two-thirds majority within three months if they are accused of high treason or other felonies.
The latest legislation comes a week after Putin submitted another bill under his constitutional reforms giving ex-presidents a lifetime seat in the senate, the Federation Council.
The Kremlin said during Thursdays press briefing that many other countries provide lifetime guarantees for their former presidents and that Russias moves are not new in international law.
Both pieces of legislation are part of constitutional reforms, which Russians approved in a nationwide vote this summer, that pave the way for Putin to extend his rule until 2036 after his current term ends in 2024.
They need to pass both in chambers of parliament, which are held by pro-Putin political parties, a combined four times before Putin signs them into law.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/11/05/russia-moves-to-grant-ex-presidents-lifetime-immunity-from-prosecution-a71959

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Trump: "Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!!"

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Trump: Hmmmm

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Putin just gave Trump a brilliant idea to enact in the next 2 months

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Does this cover former American presidents?

Asking for my friend John Barron

Putin literally fixing his life after he is to old tp lead dude will die in power

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If Russia ever stopped being comically corrupt it wouldnt even feel like Russia anymore

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YourDrunkFather posted...

If Russia ever stopped being comically corrupt it wouldnt even feel like Russia anymore

Alchoholism
Cold
Corruption

Russia in a nutshell.

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HOLY SHIT my prediction is coming true

Yikes.

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Poop2 posted...

HOLY SHIT my prediction is coming true

dude, this one is as easy as predicting what day is tomorrow.

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Couldnt the next president just change the rules?

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Cant be gay in russia
Can be murdered by the president no consequences
Can beat you wife its literally legal

Obama gonna avoid the consequences of Obamagate.

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Russia being 4D chess pros again


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Basically this is the stuff that's been going on while the USA has been hammering nails into our collective dicks.

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CADE FOSTER posted...

Putin literally fixing his life after he is to old tp lead dude will die

I wouldn't be so sure

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You might be right he could be rasputin

Who does this affect who isn't Putin?
Medvedev, Gorbachev, and...?

Is Gorbachev even affected?

Questionmarktarius posted...

Is Gorbachev even affected?

Normally no, since the current Russian Federation Constitution dates from 1993, so it shouldn't apply to Gorbachev who wasn't a President of the RF. But I'm not aware of all the technicalities.

That being said, Gorby was a rather "clean" fellow, I don't see what could be realistically held against him. The "All fingers in all the dirty honeypots" came after him.

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