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| Putin hints at running for third term |
| 2010-09-07 |
| [Iran Press] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has raised speculations that he may return to his former job in 2012, as the country's new presidential election draws near. Speaking at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, Putin said he had not yet decided whether to run in Russia's 2012 presidential election but hinted that he would run for a third term as Russian president. "How we will act in 2011 or at the start of 2012 we -- I and President Medvedev -- have said this repeatedly: we will act based on the real situation in the country, on what we have done, on the mood in society," Reuters quoted Putin as saying on Monday. "It is too early to speak about this, though," Putin said. "We must do our jobs. Each of us is doing our job and in my view we are doing it effectively," he added. Putin said that he would announce his plans whether to stand when the event comes closer. The former president also tried to allay fears that his re-election would damage Russia's political system, saying that Franklin Roosevelt was voted in four times in a row to serve as US president because this did not contradict the American constitution. We fixed that ... "Neither I nor President Medvedev will do anything which contradicts current Russian legislation or the country's fundamental law -- the constitution," Putin said. |
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