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Fri 12 Dec 2009Medvedev and Putin set sights on 2012 presidency
RUSSIA’S TWO most powerful men have both said they might run for the presidency in 2012, but they insist there is no tension in their “tandem” system of government.
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin (57) failed to quash speculation that he intends to retake the presidency from Dmitry Medvedev (44), his long-time ally whom he ushered into the Kremlin last year after serving the constitutional maximum of two consecutive terms as head of state.
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