Putin’s Unwilling Executioner?
The election of Vladimir Putin’s longtime acolyte and handpicked successor, Dmitri Medvedev, as Russia’s president means that Putin has completed a transfer of office while retaining power. But what if the supposed puppet starts to pull the strings?
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MOSCOW – The question that has dominated Russian politics, and world discussion of Russian politics – “Will he (Vladimir Putin) or won’t he stay in power?” – has now been settled. He will and he won’t.