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Putin will the next Russian President

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has backed PM Vladimir Putin to succeed him next year, ending speculation over which man would run for the post.

Mr Medvedev made the announcement at the annual congress of the United Russia party, which Mr Putin leads.

The party dominates Russian politics and observers say Mr Putin's return to the Kremlin is now all but guaranteed.

He had already served two terms as president before Mr Medvedev took over in 2008.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15045816

Am i the only one bothered by these pathetic 'elections'? Everything affiliated with politics is fake in Russia.
 
Democracy in action.........

I thought there was a constitutional reason why Putin had to stand down in the first place. Does the wheeze of having a puppet president for a couple of terms allow him to circumvent that? And can we now expect to see these two swapping round every 8 years?
 
Darat said:
To paraphrase: "It's democracy, Jim, but not as we know it"
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It's called Managed DemocracyWP.

andyandy said:
I thought there was a constitutional reason why Putin had to stand down in the first place. Does the wheeze of having a puppet president for a couple of terms allow him to circumvent that?
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He couldn't be president for more than two terms in-a-row, the last part being important. So yes, having someone else being the nominal leader allows him to circumvent that.

And can we now expect to see these two swapping round every 8 years?
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They have changed the Russian constitution so a presidential term is six years now and if he were to be president until 2024 he would be 72 years old. I think he'll allow someone else to take over before that. Remember, Putin was practically unknown when he became PM and then President so i doubt that allowing some other insider to take over would be hard.
 
Russian politics involve a lot of different conspiracy theories. Critical thinking is substituted with bribes and convoluted laws. :mad:

Healthy criticism is prohibited - no democracy.
 
Gee, you'd almost think that Russian democracy wasn't the most open and honest political process in the world...
 
Cleon said:
Gee, you'd almost think that Russian democracy wasn't the most open and honest political process in the world...
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I was in Yaroslavl for the last presidential election. The current situation with Putin was known to be the most likely thing to happen in the future, so nobody over there is surprised.

Although I don't speak much Russian, I did watch some of the election coverage. They Never showed any raw vote numbers. Just percentages. And it was the first time any other candidates were on TV for the election.

Nobody I know over there voted. Later stories stated that only about 16% of the people turned up to vote at all.
 
Doubt said:
I was in Yaroslavl for the last presidential election. The current situation with Putin was known to be the most likely thing to happen in the future, so nobody over there is surprised.

Although I don't speak much Russian, I did watch some of the election coverage. They Never showed any raw vote numbers. Just percentages. And it was the first time any other candidates were on TV for the election.

Nobody I know over there voted. Later stories stated that only about 16% of the people turned up to vote at all.
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My brother was in Russia for a year, in a student exchange. His comment on the whole thing, short and to the point, was that nobody should use the words "Russia" and "democracy" in the same sentence, unless there´s a "no" somewhere in between.
 
Doubt said:
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Although I don't speak much Russian, I did watch some of the election coverage. They Never showed any raw vote numbers. Just percentages. And it was the first time any other candidates were on TV for the election.

Nobody I know over there voted. Later stories stated that only about 16% of the people turned up to vote at all.
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It's relic from Soviet times - statistics was not part of society. And now Russia want to use statistics, but don't know how. Plus lies and double standards are normal parts USSR and post-USSR life including election.
 
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