Medvedev would be new Russian president

[svin]

BBC NEWS | Europe | Putin sees Medvedev as successor

Putin sees Medvedev as successor

Mr Medvedev describes himself as pragmatic and business-friendly

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has backed First Deputy PM Dmitry Medvedev to replace him as president next year, Russian media report. "I fully support this candidacy," Mr Putin was quoted as saying.
Mr Medvedev was nominated by Mr Putin's United Russia Party and three other pro-Kremlin parties on Monday.
Mr Medvedev was previously Mr Putin's chief of staff and is chairman of the gas giant Gazprom. He hails from Mr Putin's native St Petersburg.
The 42-year-old former lawyer managed Mr Putin's election campaign in 2000. As first deputy prime minister he has overseen national programmes in the areas of health, housing and education.
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He has long been a significant player in Mr Putin's group of close associates from St Petersburg.

His name was put forward by United Russia, A Just Russia, the Agrarian Party and Civil Force, at a meeting with President Putin.
Commenting on the choice, Mr Putin said: "I have known him for more than 17 years, I have worked with him very closely all these years, and I fully and completely support this candidacy".
Likely winner
The BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow says the overwhelming support for Mr Putin in Russia puts Mr Medvedev in a strong position to win the presidential election next March.



Profile: Dmitry Medvedev


He will be officially nominated by a special congress next week as the United Russia candidate.
Fellow First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov had also been seen as a strong potential presidential candidate.

Under Russia's political system the president enjoys far-reaching powers, including the appointment of regional governors.
Earlier this month United Russia won the parliamentary election by a wide margin, and Putin supporters will dominate the new parliament.
Mr Putin has made it clear he will retain a significant national leadership role after he leaves office at the end of his second term.
Mr Putin voiced confidence that Mr Medvedev would provide continuity.
"We have the chance to form a stable government after the elections in March 2008. And not just a stable government, but one that will carry out the course that has brought results for all of the past eight years," Mr Putin said.
United Russia leader Boris Gryzlov highlighted Mr Medvedev's role in managing national projects aimed at raising Russian living standards.
"Dmitry Anatolyevich (Medvedev) oversees national projects. He oversees the demographic programme and we believe that it is precisely the issues to do with raising standards of living that are the most important issues for the upcoming four-year period."

[svin]

Btw, he is a Jew. His mother is Jewish.

[Marulus]

Originally Posted by svin

Btw, he is a Jew. His mother is Jewish.

This time it is not mother Russian, father lawyer, but vice versa?

[svin]

This time it is not mother Russian, father lawyer, but vice versa?

And he is only 1.62. A Jewish midget.

[Martín Zalacaín]

Originally Posted by svin

Btw, he is a Jew. His mother is Jewish.

Would you please elaborate on the political situation in Russia after the last elections? What's your opinion on Medvedev? Do you think Putin will be ruling from the shadows after his retirement? Do you think that the elections are systematically rigged in Russia?

(If you have already written about all that somewhere, please link me to the right thread).

I ask because I'm confused about all this situation. When I read the mass media, they say that the elections were rigged and that Putin is a dictator. However, in the identitarian media from Spain, they say that Russians are patriots because they have massively voted for Putin, that Putin truly cares about his people, etc. And then I come here and I see all russians of the forum completely disappointed with russian politicians, and feeling betrayed.

What's exactly going on there?

Thank you.

[svin]

Well, I'd like to know it myself.

I don't care for Medvedev. It seems like current political elite in Russia is tied together and they just work for the good of themselves. So it really doesn't matter if it's Medvedev or Putin, or even "communist" Zyuganov. They are all the same.

[svin]

Well, I want to add something. The information about his mother being a Jewess is quite controversial, but the fact is that his wife is Jewish.

Her name Svetlana Linnik.

[Errigal]

Here is an article on Medvedev's wife and a series of photos with text:

RIA Novosti - Russia - Svetlana Medvedev, Russia\'s likely 1st lady, met hubby at school

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I read elsewhere on the web that "medved" means bear and can be translated literally to mean "honey expert" ("med" meaning "honey" and "ved" meaning "the one who knows"), Is that true?

[Ricardo Reis]

Originally Posted by svin

Btw, he is a Jew. His mother is Jewish.

What's his religion?

[Savorgnan]

Originally Posted by Errigal

I read elsewhere on the web that "medved" means bear and can be translated literally to mean "honey expert" ("med" meaning "honey" and "ved" meaning "the one who knows"), Is that true?

Very likely, but isn't that "honey eater"? Medved is the slavic name for the tabooed word "bear". "Bear" is also a germanic (bär) tabooed form, it litteraly means "the brown one".

[Kernunnos]

At least it is a country that doesn't suicide itself with immigration, leaving any russian a fair share of possibilities, at least theoretically, of facing in life a competition by his sole countrymen and not the entire world, while being granted some solidarity by his kin in case of calamities.

And belonging to a country with oil and a powerful army will lead to a decent future for sure.

[Kernunnos]

Originally Posted by svin

Well, I want to add something. The information about his mother being a Jewess is quite controversial, but the fact is that his wife is Jewish.

Her name Svetlana Linnik.

Familiar tune ... jews that are not jews but marry jewessess that are not ... bah

[svin]

What's his religion?

Money.

I read elsewhere on the web that "medved" means bear and can be translated literally to mean "honey expert" ("med" meaning "honey" and "ved" meaning "the one who knows"), Is that true?

That's correct.

[Thief of always]

Preved, Medved! He seems to be a weird dude, doesn't he?

[Errigal]

Originally Posted by Leland Gaunt

Preved, Medved! He seems to be a weird dude, doesn't he?

Here he's thinking about honey.



Here he has spotted a bee hive.