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Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now  Exactly.
I love Russia anyway 
Odin jazyk nedostatočno! |
Here, see if you're going to try to speak Russian Ross, at least make the effort to stick in the proper written Crylic for it ya cunt!
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Originally Posted by Draven I don't actually think there's anything wrong with Putin, I think he has done a lot of good for Russia. Clearly some things could have been done/handled better and some things are rather dodgy (the "poisoning" of that exile for example), but then we can say exactly the same thing about Blair/Brown. |
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Originally Posted by Semprini The key word is consecutive. Medvedev will serve one term and Putin will be back. |
Exactly, that's why I said it
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Originally Posted by Kirsten Putin's old protege ...Big Vlad obviously couldn't run for a third consecutive term, but considering who's now in the big boy's seat, he's likely to remain a pivotal figure in Dmitry's administration.
...another political puppet on a string, controlled by Putin, putting forward his policies, etc (I think so), or is he going to be a stronger figure than that..? |
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Originally Posted by Hammer Two years ago, I was saying that Putin would just alter the Constitution to suit himself. I'm still amazed he didn't, because he could completely get away with it in Russia's current political climate. |
What's happening right now is basically a variation of that though. It's been so manipulated again, in a manner that provides a "new face" but is basically still going to have Putin as a continuing significant player. If it weren't for Article 81 of the Russian constitution preventing anyone from being president more than two terms in a row, he'd still be up there - and surprise surprise - Medvedev almost immediately put forward Putin's candidacy for prime minister to parliament.
This way, by personally endorsing Medvedev in advance, he will have the chance of running again for president in 2012. Putin was also endorsed as president in a similar manner anyway. Nothing ever really changes; and Russian politics are generally always pretty easy to predict anyway... but I think a few shifts are going to take place on a more international level by then, which may cause a few unexpected blips along the way... but we'll just have to watch this space
