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Putin after Putin. Why not?

Putin after Putin. Why not?
November 12, 2007
Olga PERVUSHINA, student, Journalism studies, Moscow Lomonosov University

Who is going to be the next? This question does really worry Russian people. Maybe at first sight it's unlikely to say whether our civilians are interested in politics or not. Why? Because of the part we played in this life. Every time something happens in Russian politics’ world, we learn it from TV news or newspapers. Nobody ever asks us about our opinion. Then how can we suppose the future of our country?

Many people assume that Putin has decided to lead the the United Russia Party for the chance to control the situation in our country. And in my opinion this is the right opinion. In a previous interview Vladimir Putin said he needs the person he could work with. Of course there is no doubt that he meant our future president. Yes, Putin doesn’t want to loose his power and he chose the best way to achieve it. But is it really bad? I think it’s not. Putin’d become a president in times when Russia was so called destroyed. The level of the country was law, it couldn’t compete with other countries. Moreover the ex-government didn’t pay any attention to lots of problems: economics, social situation and so on. It couldn’t even present Russia at the different conferences and meetings. That was the picture of   the country when Vladimir Putin had started his first presidential term. During these almost 8 years he did a lot. Of course, somebody would say he didn’t do enough. Despite this we have to say that he worked hard. It was not very easy to rule the country in those years. Besides it’s quite an obvious thing that the actions of the government aren’t always right.

Russian nation can’t blame Vladimir Putin for his wish to hold the power and for his fear to relinquish. After all he was good, he did his best. He wants to continue to look after people. But he can’t change the Constitution and he doesn’t need it. Probably he just wants to be sure that everything he’d done wouldn’t disappear at once when a new president takes his term. And the only opportunity to check this is to be near, to become the leader of the United Russia Party to be exactly.

It is difficult to say now what will happen at the and. The election will show. We just hope that our country will be powerful and great anyway. And if it’s necessary the presence of Vladimir Putin… why not?

Joel Brinkley

Listening to Vladimir Putin trying to salvage his career as his base of support seems to be crumbling around him, the Russian prime minister sounds more and more like all of those Arab dictators just before their own people turned on them in angry revolt.

'Stability is something that can only be achieved through hard work, by being open to change and ready for long-overdue, well-planned and well-calculated reforms,' Putin declared in an online campaign essay this month.

 So said Syrian President Bashar Assad almost exactly a year ago, just before his own country dissolved into protest, chaos and slaughter.
Joel Brinkley

Listening to Vladimir Putin trying to salvage his career as his base of support seems to be crumbling around him, the Russian prime minister sounds more and more like all of those Arab dictators just before their own people turned on them in angry revolt.

'Stability is something that can only be achieved through hard work, by being open to change and ready for long-overdue, well-planned and well-calculated reforms,' Putin declared in an online campaign essay this month.

 So said Syrian President Bashar Assad almost exactly a year ago, just before his own country dissolved into protest, chaos and slaughter.
Keyur Patel
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