Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  All Eyes On Russia's Medvedev
NEWS DETAILS
Parent(s) Candidate 
ContributorRalphie 
Last EditedRalphie  Mar 01, 2008 01:36pm
Logged 0
CategoryProfile
News DateSaturday, March 1, 2008 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionDmitry Medvedev is certain to win the presidential election on March 2. He is in many ways quite different from past Russian leaders. An urbane and youthful lawyer, the scion of a middle-class family, with no background in the structures of communism, Medvedev is likely to become the first truly post-Soviet president.

Unlike Boris Yeltsin and Putin before him, Medvedev has spent almost all of his adulthood in a post-Soviet Russia. Unlike Putin, Medvedev is not a silovik (a former employee of the military or security services). Nor did he rise to prominence as a Communist leader, like Yeltsin. His student status gained him the standard exemption from conscription. He is a lawyer by training, and his working life has been spent in government and private business. The way in which he deals with subordinates reflects this background and training. He is known for attention to detail, and a cooperative working style.

In his professional background and style, Medvedev resembles many Western politicians. Within the Putin camp, he is on the liberal wing and maintains that the E.U. is Russia's long-standing main partner. None of this takes away from his patriotism, and the commitment he shares with Putin to a strong Russia.
Share
ArticleRead Full Article

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION