Putin maps strategy to retain power

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Series Details 15.2.08
Publication Date 15/02/2008
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Reports of President Vladimir Putin's last Press Conference in Moscow, 14 February 2008, before he steps down as President of Russia in March. He mapped out how he would retain a powerful political role as Prime Minister in tandem with Dmitry Medvedev, his preferred successor as Russian president, but insisted he was not addicted to power.

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BBC News, 14.2.08: Q&A: Russian presidential polls http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7243701.stm
Deutsche Welle, 14.2.08: Outgoing President Putin Talks Tough to the End http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3127027,00.html
Russia: Presidency: Press Release, 14.2.08: Transcript of Annual Big Press Conference http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2008/02/14/1011_type82915_160266.shtml

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