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| Putin refuses to name favourite for successor |
| 2007-02-02 |
| President Vladimir Putin yesterday gave his most upbeat assessment yet of Russia's booming economy, but refused to say who will run the world's largest country when he steps down next year. Mr Putin hailed Russia's recent economic achievements and said that under his leadership, wages, living standards and pensions had all gone up. But he conceded that many people in Russia still lived "very, very modestly". His priority until he steps down in March 2008 would be to reduce social inequality, he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Putin wins re-election with popular rally and strong unexpected write in vote? |
| Posted by: CB 2007-02-02 18:23 |
| #5 WaPo says its either Medvedev (head of Gazprom) or Ivanov (defense minister) both of whom are now Dep PMs and both of whom get very favorable coverage on Russian TV. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-02-02 12:54 |
| #4 Putin to suspend elections in 5....4....3....2....1.... |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-02-02 12:20 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: MacNails 2007-02-02 09:11 |
| #2 Putin refuses to name favourite for successor ... yet. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-02-02 03:43 |
| #1 Putin's most favorite successor would be... Putin. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-02-02 00:33 |