September 24, 2011 | Filed under: News | Posted by:
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed on Saturday that Vladimir Putin run in next year’s presidential election, signaling they have agreed the prime minister will return to the post he held for eight years until 2008. Medvedev also agreed at a congress of the ruling United Russia party’s that he would head its list of candidates in a parliamentary election on December 4, indicating that he could enter the government after the elections. “… I think it would be right for the congress to support the candidacy of the party chairman, Vladimir Putin, to run for president,” Medvedev said to cheers and applause from thousands of United Russia members. The announcement…
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