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| Russian government resigns, after President Putin's State-of-the-Nation Address proposes changes to the constitution | |
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| Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the government is resigning. The statement came shortly after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address. | Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the government is resigning. The statement came shortly after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address. |
| Accepting the resignation, Putin asked the ministers to function as a caretaker government until a new one is formed. | |
| Before announcing the resignation of the cabinet, Medvedev met with Putin to discuss his state-of-the-nation address, which took place earlier on Wednesday, the Kremlin’s press office said. | |
| Putin also said that he plans to create a position of the deputy secretary of Russia’s security council, and offer it to Medvedev. | |
| In his address, Putin proposed several amendments to the constitution. | |
| “In this context, it is obvious that, as the government, we must provide the president with a capability to make all decisions,” which are required to implement the proposed plan, Medvedev said. | |
| Medvedev became prime minister in 2012, after serving four years as president. He is the head of the ruling United Russia party. | |
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