Two-thirds of Russians approve of proposals by Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov to increase the term of presidential office to 5-7 years and to allow a president to serve for three consecutive terms.

Sixty-five percent of respondents approve of the “third term” proposals and 24% are opposed, according to the poll by the Russian Public Opinion Center and the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation, the results of which were made available at Interfax.

The poll shows that almost 70% of Russians approve of proposals to amend the constitution to allow Vladimir Putin to run for a third consecutive term against 23% opposed.

The poll was conducted on April 7-8 in 153 Russian towns among 1,600 respondents.

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