He had served two consecutive presidential terms and was barred by the constitution from serving a third. Putin solved the puzzle by naming Medvedev as his handpicked presidential successor and by becoming prime minister himself instead. The ruling tandem lasted from For a while, some Russians and foreign leaders thought the country was really changing course and that Medvedev had genuine autonomy.
That turned out to be short-lived. Putin returned to the presidency in and made Medvedev his prime minister in what critics said was a cynical job swap. Yeltsin stuns Russia and the world by using his traditional new year message to announce his resignation and hand his sweeping powers, including the nuclear suitcase, to Putin. Putin is prevented by the constitution from running for a third term as president.
The First deputy prime minister Dmitry Medvedev is elected in his stead. One of his earliest moves is to appoint Putin as prime minister, leaving little doubt that the two men plan, at the very least, to run Russia in tandem. Amid widespread allegations of vote-rigging, Putin returns to the role of president, taking Medvedev becomes his prime minister. Opposition activists highlight a number of cases of vote-rigging and statistical anomalies. The resolution passes , potentially allowing him to rule as president until He looks around, but the steering wheel is missing.
That, too, was accurate. By , hopes that Medvedev might preside over a partial liberalisation of Russian society had vanished. Medvedev went back to his former role as obedient prime minister. The unprecedented break with the centuries-long tradition in Russia and the Soviet Union of one-man — and occasionally one-woman — rule was over.
Abroad, Putin was as hawkish as ever; at home there was a fresh clampdown on civil society and anti-government street protests. On September 24, , Mr Putin announced that he intended to return to the Kremlin.
He and Mr Medvedev would simply swap jobs. Those who had flocked around Mr Medvedev, hoping for him to remain as president for another term, were suddenly looking at having to serve instead under Mr Putin. Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin openly declared that he would not accept this, and in consequence was forced to resign. In his last state of the nation address, held on December 22, , President Medvedev outlined bold plans for political reforms.
If all of this had been said before September 24, , to serve as a platform for a second term as president, it would have been dynamite. Now, it is simply too little, too late. Mr Medvedev is beginning to look like the main loser. Having inspired great hopes and visions for the future of Russia, in the end he turned out to have been a mere puppet for Mr Putin, and may even end up as the fall guy.
Russia presidential election: Dmitry Medvedev - too little, too late. He inspired great hopes for Russia's future, but President Medvedev is likely to be the loser photo: dpa.
General info Location. Report Scenarios. Political issues. Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin. Bold plans In his last state of the nation address, held on December 22, , President Medvedev outlined bold plans for political reforms. Politically is considered an economic liberal Third president of the Russian Federation and the country's first leader in decades with no known links either to the former Soviet Communist Party or secret services Youngest Russian leader since Russia's last emperor, Tsar Nikolai II Political career began as election campaign manager and later an adviser of St Petersburg Mayor during which time he befriended Putin In the presidential elections, Medvedev was Putin's campaign manager Chairman of Russia's largest company, energy giant Gazprom November appointed first deputy prime minister in charge of social programmes March presidential election won with landslide vote of Launched anti-corruption campaign Announces he will step down as president in and wishes to serve as prime minister under Mr Putin.
Contents Swap jobs Bold plans. More on subject. The latest is a series of pointed threats against the political opposition, issued by Ramzan Kadyrov, the hardline leader of Chechnya.
What is Mr. Kadyrov playing at,
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