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Russia's Putin considering Kremlin return-sources

  • 27.07.2011
  • By Guy Faulconbridge - reuters.com
Russia's Putin considering Kremlin return-sources

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is close to a decision to bid for the presidency in an election next year because he has doubts about his protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, senior political sources say.

Putin ruled as president from 2000 to 2008 before handing over to Medvedev to comply with a constitutional ban on a third consecutive term. He will be free to run in the March presidential...

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