Monday, December 17, 2007

Vladimir Putin Says He Will Accept Prime Minister Job - What a shocker, right?

Vladimir Putin Says He Will Accept Prime Minister Job if Dmitry Medvedev is Elected

Monday, December 17, 2007

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he would agree to become Russian prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor.

Putin told the United Russia congress that if he became premier, he would not seek to change the distribution of power between the president and prime minister. The prime minister is a significantly less powerful figure than the president in Russia.

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