[I’m pleased to have another contribution here from Oleg Kozlovsky, whom I had the opportunity of meeting with last month. – Robert Amsterdam] First Amendment, Russian Edition Oleg Kozlovsky, Coordinator of Oborona youth movement On 5th November the world’s attention was drawn to American presidential elections and the victory of Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Russian authorities used this day to declare an unprecedented reform in the country’s recent history—changes to the Constitution. Dmitry Medvedev in an annual address to the houses of the Parliament suggested that the presidential term should be increased from 4 years to 6 years and the Duma’s term—to 5 years.