When I first read about this, I was alarmed. But then I read more and realized that this was primarily about elections of the "regional" governors.
"Under his proposal, which the Parliament will almost certainly adopt since it is dominated by parties loyal to him, Putin will appoint governors, presidents or other leaders who are now elected in each of the country's 89 regions. Putin's proposals also would eliminate the district elections that choose half of the 450 members of Parliament; instead, they will be selected based on national party lists drafted in Moscow in close consultation with Putin's Kremlin."
"The Italian State is highly centralized, with a central state authority (the Government), 20 regions and about a hundred provinces. The prefect of each of the provinces is appointed by and answerable to the central government, which he locally represents. The national constitution provides for 20 regions with limited governing powers."
I hope you are not worried about Italy! :-)
Seriously don't let the fearmongering liberal media run your life.
Actually rebel is correct I think. Only 2/3 of the regions have governors and Moscow is not one of them.
I am unsure about St. Pete.
He NEEDS to reign in the regional politicians, who are totally corrupt. Also, understand that there are only two regions that really matter in Russia: Moscow and St. Petersburg. The rest of the country is backwards dirt-poor farmland and tundra. This is not the U.S. we are talking about.