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Posted on 09/10/2006 10:28:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The next Russian president is likley to be even more hardline than Putin, and probably is an open Communist bent on rebuilding the USSR.
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I believe it will come down to these two choices depending on where the russian economy and national security issues are:
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad), is a Russian politician. He was appointed first deputy prime minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, he is also on the Gazprom board of directors, a post he has held since 2000.
Medvedev graduated from Leningrad State University in 1987 with a law degree and in 1990 got a PhD with a specialization in private law. In 1990 he worked in Leningrad Municipal Soviet of People's Deputies. Between 1991 and 1999 he worked as a docent in Saint-Petersburg State University. At the same time Medvedev worked as a legal expert for the mayor and municipal administration of Saint-Petersburg.
In November of 1999 he became one of several St. Petersburgers brought by Vladimir Putin to top government positions in Moscow. In December of the same year he was appointed deputy head of presidential staff.
Dmitry Medvedev became one of the politicians most close to the President Putin and during the 2000 elections when he was head of the presidential election campaign headquarters. From 2000 to 2001, Medvedev was chair of Gazprom's board of directors. He was then deputy chair from 2001 to 2002. In June of 2002, Medvedev became chair of Gazprom board of directors for a second time. This post is now held by Alexei Miller In October 2003, he replaced Alexander Voloshin as a presidential chief of staff. In November 2005, he was appointed by President Vladimir Putin as First Deputy Prime Minister.
Dmitry Medvedev is known as a moderate liberal programatic, able administrator and Putin's loyalist. Following his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister, some political observers expect him to be nominated as Putin's successor for the 2008 presidential elections.
Sergei Ivanov’s background has much in common with that of the president. Both are from St. Petersburg and served in the KGB. Both men went to specialized schools (Putin in chemistry, Ivanov in English language) before moving on to study at the Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) State University. Even though their paths continued in parallel as they both moved on to the Higher KGB School in Minsk, Ivanov says that it wasn’t until they were both assigned afterward to work in the same KGB division in Leningrad that they became acquainted.
In 1999, when former President Boris Yeltsin named Putin director of the Federal Security Council, the latter brought Ivanov, then a Lieutenant General with the FSB to Moscow to head the council’s information-analytical department. Ivanov was also responsible for liaising with foreign security services and counter intelligence. Their paths have not parted since and, when Putin was picked by Yeltsin as prime minister, Ivanov replaced him as secretary of the Security Council.
Ivanov's November 2005 appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister makes him second in line to the presidency, after Dmitry Medvedev.
Ivanov is the likley successor based on the governing direction of Russia. Should the west seriously challenge Ivanov and his intentions, than Putin and Co will put up Medvedev.
I can gurantee that the next Russian president will have had an extensive involvment in either the KGB or the CPSU.
Quit spamming me.
Write something factual about Russia for a change.
I have always written factually about Russia.
Quit spamming me with pro-Russian propaganda.
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