2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia

The amendments of 2020, which were proposed in January 2020, are the second substantial amendments to the Constitution of Russia of 1993. To introduce these amendments, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, held a national vote. They were approved on 1 July by a popular vote.

With Putin's signing an executive order on 3 July to officially insert the amendments into the Russian Constitution, they took effect on 4 July.^[1]