That's because on 2020-07-01 there will be a voting on constitutional changes. And Putin would like to give us a (false) hope that our life is going to become b

That's because on 2020-07-01 there will be a voting on constitutional changes. And Putin would like to give us a (false) hope that our life is going to become better and put his government in a good light. Context: In Russia we have a limit of 2 terms for presidents. Putin and his mafia don't like it, so he decided to be nullified and get additional privilegies (e.g. after he decides to resign, he will be able to dismiss a president). Putin has even already signed the changes because he knows we are too scared of jail to protest IRL: even if you are protesting alone, police will likely beat & fine you (even if you are a girl or just holding a BLANK board) for an unauthorized demonstration. In one video the election chief almost laughed while saying everything is already decided and legitimate and they just want our opinion. But for additional legitimization Putin set the voting. Probably he doesn't want the situation as in Venezuela. And he wants to increase his ego (his ego is very high, just compare inauguration of him and Obama/Trump). He paid many famous people for short videos where they support some part of the changes, typical example: "I will vote yes because I like animals!" although we already have laws for animals. And none of those videos mention that Putin would be the president forever. Only half people are even aware of this change (and many are forced by employers to make a photo that they voted yes). Oh, and our constitution doesn't work at all anyway. Gov-t people laugh at you when you mention anything from it. And there were news several years ago that a journalist got a suspended sentence (условный срок) of 4 years for extremism because he quoted the constitution. P.S. >97% of Russian IT people seem to hate Putin according to the comments I read everyday. And Durov should hate him much more because Putin's mafia stole VK (that's our Facebook with nice UI/UX and awesome search) from his control.