Moscow, 9 July 2002 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's Constitutional Court today granted regional leaders the right to run for a third term. The court ruled that a leader's official first term is the one to which he was elected after October 1999, when a law restricting them to two terms went into effect.
The decision allows many regional leaders, including Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov, to run for a third term.
Liberal lawmakers condemned the decision, saying that it will lead to what they called "continued feudalization."
The decision allows many regional leaders, including Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov, to run for a third term.
Liberal lawmakers condemned the decision, saying that it will lead to what they called "continued feudalization."