{"id":1667,"date":"2010-12-13T18:05:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T18:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:15:37","slug":"who-will-be-the-next-russian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/who-will-be-the-next-russian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Be The Next Russian President?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The current president of Russia is <strong>\u00ab\u0414\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Dmitry Medvedev], but many question whether he or <strong>\u00ab\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u041f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Vladimir Putin] holds true power.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the favorite activities of a <strong>\u00ab\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0433\u00bb<\/strong> [Kremlinologist] is speculating about who will be the next president of Russia. Russia has had <strong>\u00ab\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [three presidents]: <strong>\u00ab\u0411\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0441 \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0415<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0446\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Boris Nikolayevich Yelstin], <strong>\u00ab\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin], and <strong>\u00ab\u0414\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043d\u0430\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev]. Both <strong>\u00ab<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0415<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0446\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> and <strong>\u00ab\u041f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> served two terms; the main question on everyone&#8217;s minds now is whether <strong>\u00ab\u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> will do the same.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>\u00ab\u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0424\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [the Constitution of the Russian Federation], <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u0434\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span> \u0438 \u0442\u043e \u0436\u0435 \u043b\u0438\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0424\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u0434\u0432\u0443\u0445 \u0441\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [One and the same person may not be elected President of the Russian Federation for more than two terms running]. (Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constitution.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> if you want some heavy legal reading&#8211;the Russian Constitution&#8211;in Russian.)<\/p>\n<p>But enough about <strong>\u00ab\u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0424\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong>. Let&#8217;s examine what <strong>\u00ab\u0410\u0440\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u0439 \u0414\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0447, \u043f\u043e\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0449\u043d\u0438\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Arkady Dvokovich, the president&#8217;s aide] had to say about <strong>\u00ab\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b \u0432 2012 (\u0434\u0432\u0435 \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0438 \u0434\u0432\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c) \u0433\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [the elections in 2012]. (The article I am referencing is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/russian\/russia\/2010\/12\/101210_dvorkovich_medvedev_second_term.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. News articles are an excellent way to learn vocabulary for a foreign language.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab\u041f\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c \u0414\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0430, \u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0432 \u0445\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b \u0431\u044b \u043f\u043e\u0439\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span> \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0441\u0440\u043e\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [According to Dvorkovich, Medvedev would like have a second term as president]. Simple enough, right? Not if we read further. In response to the idea that <strong>\u00ab\u041f\u0443\u0442\u0438\u043d \u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0451\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u041a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044c \u0432 2012 (\u0434\u0432\u0435 \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0438 \u0434\u0432\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c) \u0433\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [Putin will return to the Kremlin in 2012], <strong>\u00ab\u0414\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u043d\u0435 \u0438\u0441\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u0443 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [Dvorkovich didn&#8217;t exclude this possibility]. All he said was that <strong>\u00ab\u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span> \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0443\u0442 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433 \u0441 \u0434\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [they will consult each other].<\/p>\n<p>So really, <strong>\u00ab\u043c\u044b \u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u043c, \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043c \u0432 2012 (\u0434\u0432\u0435 \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0438 \u0434\u0432\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c) \u0433\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [we simply don&#8217;t know who will be president in 2012]. As Putin said: <strong>\u00ab\u041f\u043e\u0441\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [We&#8217;ll see]. Many have said that <strong>\u00ab\u041f\u0443\u0442\u0438\u043d \u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [Putin will become president] but only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/12\/putin-and-medvedev-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/12\/putin-and-medvedev-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/12\/putin-and-medvedev.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The current president of Russia is \u00ab\u0414\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0432\u00bb [Dmitry Medvedev], but many question whether he or \u00ab\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u041f\u0443\u0442\u0438\u043d\u00bb [Vladimir Putin] holds true power.\u00a0 One of the favorite activities of a \u00ab\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u00bb [Kremlinologist] is speculating about who will be the next president of Russia. Russia has had \u00ab\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u00bb [three presidents]: \u00ab\u0411\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441 \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0415\u043b\u044c\u0446\u0438\u043d\u00bb [Boris Nikolayevich&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/who-will-be-the-next-russian-president\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[178,7827],"tags":[1047,1211,1264,12592,1670],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-russian-life","tag-dmitry-medvedev","tag-russia","tag-russian-politics","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-1670"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11300,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/11300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}