Rather than heralding a westward, liberalising trend in Russia’s post-communist history, Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency looks to be little more than a footnote in the decades-long “Putin era”.
Vladimir Putin, who served as president from 2000 to 2008, could now rule for two more six-year presidential terms, giving him a quarter-century reign in power, as long as Josef Stalin or Leonid Brezhnev.
Is this really a good idea, considering the doubt that Western governments have about whether a Rule of Law and Democracy even exist in Russia?
Lets call it what it is. The fact concerning Putin, he gets the things executed. We can continually argue if these are the proper issues, but that’s a different point. However Putin will continue to be in charge of Russia.