Grew up listening to black-market copies of seventies rock bands like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Worked in construction and as a street cleaner during college.
Petersburg State University. Petersburg office of external affairs. The office is headed by Vladimir Putin. December 10, - Putin endorses Medvedev's nomination as the United Russia Party's candidate for the presidential elections. December 11, - Says he will name Putin as his prime minister if elected. March 2, - Is elected president of Russia with an estimated 70 percent of the vote. May 7, - Is sworn in as president of Russia in a ceremony held at the Kremlin. August 26, - Recognizes the independence claims of two breakaway Georgian regions.
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. Low-income households dominate, while wealth is far more concentrated in the hands of the rich than in other developed economies. Evgeny Gontmakher takes a detailed look at the drivers While there is certainly reason for concern, the obstacles to such More on region. Vladimir Putin is not only having to contend with mass protests following his disputed election as president, he is also faced with a drop in the price of oil, just at a time when he is expected to deliver on expensive election promises.
In the last of our three-part series 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.
Both men came from Soviet Leningrad. He exhibited few subversive tendencies. He lifted weights and listened to the British rockers Deep Purple, who would later play for him in the Kremlin. Medvedev toyed with the idea of studying linguistics but eventually plumped for law, enrolling in the autumn of at Leningrad State University.
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