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MEDVEDEV RULES OUT CONFRONTATION WITH PUTIN
Tert.am
22:34 ~U 30.09.11
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday there would never
be any disputes between him and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the
RIA Novosti reported.
Speaking with the heads of three Russian state-run TV channels,
Medvedev said that some political experts and opposition figures
frequently anticipated open confrontation between the two.
"It is often expected of us that we will at some moment begin to
quarrel and compete with each other in the political arena," he said.
"But I want to say that this will not happen."
"Can you imagine a situation where, for example, [US President] Barack
Obama began to compete with [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton?" he
went on. "But I recall they were both in the race for the presidency."
Medvedev on Saturday ended months of speculation that he might run
for a second term when he proposed to delegates at a United Russian
party congress that they back Putin to return to the Kremlin.
Putin accepted, and Medvedev is now likely to head the government
after next March's presidential elections.
Tert.am
22:34 ~U 30.09.11
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday there would never
be any disputes between him and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the
RIA Novosti reported.
Speaking with the heads of three Russian state-run TV channels,
Medvedev said that some political experts and opposition figures
frequently anticipated open confrontation between the two.
"It is often expected of us that we will at some moment begin to
quarrel and compete with each other in the political arena," he said.
"But I want to say that this will not happen."
"Can you imagine a situation where, for example, [US President] Barack
Obama began to compete with [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton?" he
went on. "But I recall they were both in the race for the presidency."
Medvedev on Saturday ended months of speculation that he might run
for a second term when he proposed to delegates at a United Russian
party congress that they back Putin to return to the Kremlin.
Putin accepted, and Medvedev is now likely to head the government
after next March's presidential elections.