Putin: Too early to predict my future
SOCHI — Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it was too early to predict his political future, despite swirling speculation he intends to return to the Kremlin in 2012 presidential polls. “We need to wait for 2012, now we are only in 2010... Let’s get closer to 2012 and then we will see,” Putin said in an interview this week with Agence France-Presse. Putin served as Russian president from 2000 to 2008 and was credited with restoring the country’s self confidence after the chaos that followed the fall of the Soviet Union. He handed over the Kremlin to Dmitry Medvedev in May 2008 after serving the maximum two terms and the new president immediately appointed his predecessor prime minister. Most analysts believe Putin still wields the real power. Putin is allowed to stand for another term as president in 2012 but has never excluded or confirmed this possibility. He said “we are of course already thinking about this issue with President Medvedev” but added it would be wrong to come to any agreement without fulfilling their duties in their current posts. Putin hinted that the final outcome in 2012 would depend on their performance in their respective jobs. “How we act in 2012 depends on the results of this.” “There is nothing secret here. Everything is well known to everyone,” said Putin. He told AFP that he was satisfied with his “colossal” responsibilities as prime minister, a job which until his appointment had been invested with relatively little power. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100611com3.html |
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