Multi-Faith Russia Needs Strong Presidential Power - Putin

Multi-Faith Russia Needs Strong Presidential Power - Putin

Multi-faith Russia needs strong presidential power, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday

USMAN (Lipetsk region) (Pakistan Point news / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2020) Multi-faith Russia needs strong presidential power, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

"I think that Russia, with its vast territory, with many faiths, with a large number of nations, peoples, nationalities living in the country - you can't even count, someone says 160, someone 190, you know, needs strong presidential power," Putin said at a meeting with the public.

He said the form of a parliamentary republic was common in the world, adding that in Russia it was theoretically possible but not expedient.