Putin Should Run in 2012 Elections, Ruling Party Official Says
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should run in next year’s presidential elections, according to a senior member of Russia’s ruling party.
“As far as our position on the 2012 elections is concerned, United Russia will focus on its leader, Vladimir Putin,” said Yury Shuvalov, deputy head of the presidium of United Russia’s general council, in comments posted today on the party website. “We look at his candidacy as the priority for whom to put forward from our party in the presidential elections.”
Putin, 58, a former KGB agent, became prime minister after selecting Dmitry Medvedev, 45, to succeed him as president in 2008 because of a constitutional ban on three consecutive terms. With less than 12 months before the next presidential vote, it’s unclear which of the men will run.
Putin said yesterday it’s too early to decide who will be the candidate after Medvedev told Chinese state television that he expected a speedy decision. Both men have said they may run in the March 2012 election.
To contact the reporter on this story: Henry Meyer in Moscow at hmeyer4@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Balazs Penz at bpenz@bloomberg.net.
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