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Fri 12 Dec 2008Putin declines to rule out return to presidency
RUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin has refused to quash speculation that he could return to the Russian presidency, in his first live question-and-answer session with the public since leaving the Kremlin.
Mr Putin used his now traditional “conversation” with the nation to express hopes for good relations with US president-elect Barack Obama, lay out his response to the world economic slowdown, warn of potential winter gas reductions to Ukraine and issue a painful warning to Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili.
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