On May 10, 12:41=A0am, MTRP=99 <Mir.Topol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Maris wrote:
> > MTRP=99 wrote:
> > > martin wrote:
> > >> A while back I predicted that Putin will become party boss, just
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> > >> the good old days. Now with Putin in control of the duma as PM,
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> > >> in about 6 months the duma will impeach and remove Medvedev for
> > >> incompetence, clearing the way for Putin to run for the presidency
> > >> again.
> > > lol(ing)@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just about everybody predicted that the new
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> > > Putin will accept the leader****p in the strongest party in the
> > > parliament - it's a norm all over the world.
> > How about coming up with even one example of this preposterous
> > scenario.
>
> ??? Which scenario and why preposterous? We're talking about quite
> serious reality. Now in Old EU it's normal that PM is the leader of
> the strongest party. In Germany it's even the must ... well, last time
> it was unclear which party actually won the elections, but Schroeder
> obviously had enough and let Merkel rule (and rightly so - Gazprom is
> better than Bundestag! :-) ).
>
> > > But thus far it's
> > > nobody's (not even Putin's) guess whether he'll run for the next
> > > presidency. More insightful observers wrote that right now he just
> > > wanna see whether Medvedev is strong enough to continue Putin's
> > > policy, possibly protecting him from diverse unfriendly influences
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> > > domestic factions, otherrwise. But if the new Prez proves his strong
> > > leader****p, then Putin would gladly retire from politics (... to
> > > finally marry Alina Kabaeva! - so sez another SCB prophet Henry :-)
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> > As todays's FT's article 'Putin puts Medvedev on sidelines' sattes -
> > "Analysts compared his performance to the state of the nation address
> > he previously delivered as president -around this time last year.'
> > (referring to his parliamentary acceptance speech). Perhaps he doesn't
> > realise he isn't president any more.
>
> ??? Sure he does! He just wanna be sure that his formal successor will
> be his polit-successor, too. And rightly so. As for FT moronic
> analysts - my warmest LOL=B3 ! =A0They can only think is familar terms
of
> personal gain. I see Putin more like Russian Bismarck, except that the
> latter had less problems with his people due to German humble size and
> general respect for the law.
Putin's party controls over 70 percent of the Duma, sufficient to
change the constitution or impeach any president...


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