Anatoly Lebedko claimed that the constitutional reform is the imitation of changes due to disregard for the Constitution as such.[1] He stressed that Belarus would remain a "superpresidential" republic with a formal "three-storeyed construction" (two chambers of the parliament and the All-Belarusian People's Assembly).[4] He believed that one the main addressees of the new constitution is Russian president Vladimir Putin.[4] Political analyst Andrey Yahorau [ru] assumed that formal changes in the configuration of politics will be crucial during the "transit of power".[18] He also suggested that new Constitution can ease slow annexation of Belarus by Russia ("integration").[18]