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President Vladimir Putin, left, and First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Thursday, June 8, 2006, in Moscow
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007

Open quoteThe No. 1 person in politics — at least for some time — will remain Vladimir Putin.Close quote

  • SERGEI MARKOV
  • Russian politician, after former Gazprom chairman Dmitry Medvedev was anointed as Putin's preferred successor on Dec. 10
Photo: Dmitry Astakhov ITAR-TASS / AP | Source: Asian Wall Street Journal