President of the Scientific Research Institute for Emergency Children's Surgery and Traumatology Leonid Roshal, right, and Сo-chairman of All-Russian Association of student sports clubs Yevgeny Raskin attend a meeting of the working group on proposals for amendments to the Russian Constitution in Moscow, Russia. In the address to the Federal Assembly, in mid-January, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered important changes to the constitution, including reducing the presidency to two terms and expanding the role of the legislature.