Even if Putin has found a way to retain power without amending the constitution – a possibility that was endlessly speculated about by Russia’s dwindling band of democrats – the undemocratic nature of his strategy is glaringly obvious.
Aunque Putin haya encontrado una forma de conservar el poder sin enmendar la Constitución, posibilidad con la que elucubró inacabablemente el menguante grupo de demócratas de Rusia, el carácter ademocrático de su estrategia resulta de una evidencia palmaria.