Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has stunningly announced that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should return to the Kremlin in 2012 elections for a new six-year mandate.
Medvedev told the annual congress of ruling party United Russia that he was prepared to take on “practical work” in the government after the March presidential polls, a hint that he could be prime minister in a new Putin presidency.
“I think it would be correct for the congress to support the candidacy of the party chairman, Vladimir Putin, to the post of president of the country,” Medvedev told the annual congress of United Russia on Saturday to cheers from delegates.
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