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Dmitry Medvedev

Hail, Putin! … Again

Monday, September 26, 2011 at 5:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Saturday’s announcement of the scheme to restore Vladimir Putin as president of Russia was about as surprising as April’s announcement of the campaign to reelect Barack Obama as president of the United States. Actually, the only thing noteworthy about Putin’s announcement is the stupefaction pundits around the world are expressing about the way Russia’s incumbent president, Dmitry Medvedev,… Read more.

Remembering Stalin exposes tensions between Putin and Medvedev

Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

When Vladimir Putin plucked Dmitry Medvedev from obscurity in 2007 to succeed him as president of Russia, the consensus opinion was that Medvedev would be nothing more than a lap dog doing Putin’s bidding until Putin could resume his role as president in 2012.  (The Russian Constitution provides that no president can serve more than… Read more.