Putin and Medvedev

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Putin and Medvedev

Vladimir Putin announced during an address to the United Russia party’s annual congress that he accepted to run for a new presidential term in 2012, at the presidential election. Furthermore, at the congress of the ruling party Medvedev and Putin backed one another to switch roles after the election next year.
This announcement ends speculation about who will run next year or whether the two leaders will compete against one another.
United Russia is the party that dominates Russian political landscape, which means that Putin will have no problem whatsoever getting his old job back. Putin thanked Medvedev, who had spoken before, suggesting that the prime minister should run for the office, and the people who had a very positive reaction to that proposal.
He said that he was confident that the United Russia party would win the next election, and that Medvedev would be capable to create an energetic, strong and united team to lead the government of the Russian Federation.
Medvedev had accepted earlier to head the party’s list of candidates and said he was ready to assume the practical work of the government, indicating Putin, the chairman of United Russia, as the suitable candidate for the presidential office.
All that decided, all that is left to do is for the party to formally nominate him as candidate, which should be no problem, considering the cheers that accompanied the nomination during the congress.
Putin disclosed to the audience present at the congress that he and Medvedev had agreed a long time ago, several years back, who should hold which post. He added that the governing of the country could come to a point where some unpopular decisions may be made to face the world financial turmoil.
He called these measures a “bitter medicine” which the Russian economy should swallow for the crisis to be overcome. He promised that if it came to that, the measures should be accepted openly and honestly, so that the overwhelming majority of the population would understand them.
Some economic analysts are concerned that the return to Putin’s over-centralized style could annul the steps taken during Medvedev’s rule toward modernization, even though the two leaders vary in still a little but not in policy.
Vladimir Putin already served two terms in office, and was barred for a third one by the Constitution, which demands that after the second consecutive term, the president must sit one term out, before running for other term.
Speculations about Putin’s candidacy have been for years. In the recent months, however, there were some moves on Medvedev’s part that indicated the possibility, remote as may have been, that the two candidates may run against one another. The idea of Putin’s return has split the population of the large country, many fancying his authoritarian style, others being committed to the idea of a more European way of leadership.

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