5 issues to know for June 22: Coronavirus, Trump, NASCAR, Putin, statue removal

4. Putin

Russia's President has hinted strongly in a new interview that he will run once more, if a series of constitutional amendments enabling him to achieve this are permitted in a July 1 referendum. under Russia's present legislation, Putin can be required to step down as President in 2024, when his term in workplace comes to an end. The amendments would pave the way for him to remain in energy after his term ends, doubtlessly unless 2036. Constitutional alterations had been already been authorised via lawmakers, and by way of Russia's supreme courtroom.

5. Statue elimination

The newest troublesome monument to come back down is a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of ny's Museum of natural heritage. Mayor bill de Blasio introduced the flow after the museum had requested that it's removed. The statue points the nation's twenty sixth President on a horse with a local American man standing on one side and an African man standing on the other. while it was intended to have a good time Roosevelt as a "committed naturalist and author of works on herbal background," it additionally "communicates a racial hierarchy that the museum and individuals of the general public have lengthy discovered disturbing," the museum spoke of. The announcement comes as several states grapple with how to deal with removals of accomplice monuments and other controversial statues.