The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev delivered his annual state-of-the-union-address last week in front of the country’s political and business elite. His speech built on a text he released two months before, “Forward Russia”, in which he set out radical plans to modernise Russia’s economy and society.
Taken together, these interventions confirm that Mr Medvedev is not a figurehead who will quietly step aside for his predecessor and erstwhile mentor Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister who is widely suspected of plotting a return to the presidency in 2012.
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