12-11-2007, 04:23 PM
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| The Poet Homeless | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: rural Central California
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| BBC: "Medvedev says Putin should be PM"
Quote: Russian President Vladimir Putin should become prime minister after stepping down next year, his chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev says.
Mr Putin named Mr Medvedev, a first deputy prime minister, on Monday as his favourite for the presidency. Mr Putin is due to step down in March.
Mr Medvedev was previously Mr Putin's chief of staff and is chairman of the gas giant Gazprom
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Mr Medvedev has said economic gains must fund "a real social programme".
"I appeal to (President Putin) with a request to give his agreement in principle to head the Russian government after the election of the new president of our country," Mr Medvedev said on Russian television on Tuesday...
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