Nearly 78 pct of Russians support constitutional amendments: official data
Xinhua
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of a local electoral commission at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2020. /Reuters

MOSCOW, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A total of 77.92 percent of Russians have backed a total of 206 amendments to the country's constitution in a referendum, while 21.27 percent have voted against them, official data released Thursday showed.

The results were displayed on a billboard outside the Russian Central Election Commission, after all of the ballots were counted.

Under the updated constitution, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be allowed to participate in the 2024 presidential race, while more power will be given to the parliament.

The State Duma, the lower parliament house, will be able to veto the president's appointment of prime minister, while the Federation Council, the upper parliament house, will be able to refuse approval of the president's appointments of prosecutor general, as well as their deputies and regional prosecutors.

One of the amendments establishes the priority of the Russian constitution over international law, while another declares the inalienability of the Russian territory.

The new constitution guarantees that the minimum wage will be no lower than the subsistence minimum of the able-bodied population, and that pensions will increase regularly.