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Survey: Putin firmly ahead of Medvedev in Russia presidential vote
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 01 - 07 - 2011

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is well ahead
of President Dmitry Medvedev in public support before an upcoming
vote to select the country's next leader, according to a nationwide
poll made public Friday, according to dpa.
A total 27 per cent of Russians polled said they would be likely
to cast ballots for the former KGB spy Putin in the 2012 presidential
election, while 15 per cent said they would vote for Putin's former
subordinate Medvedev, researchers at the Moscow-based Levade Centre
research institute found.
Another 19 per cent of those surveyed said they would prefer the
two politicians to run for Russia's president jointly, while 23 per
cent said they wouldn't support either one. The remainder was
undecided or didn't intend to vote.
The results of the poll, which was conducted over 45 Russian
regions, were practically unchanged from a similar survey conducted
by Levanda in March on the two politicians' relative popularity.
Putin served as Russia's president from 1999-2008 for the
then maximum two terms in office. Russia's constitution has since
been amended and he could run in 2012 for a third term.
The incumbent Medvedev has said he is considering a campaign to
stay in office, but has hinted he would not attempt it were it to
upset his relationship with Putin.
Pro-Kremlin political strategist Igor Jurgens said that Medvedev
was likely to stay in office for a second term.
Putin would, however, remain the "stronger player" of the two by
continuing his role as "father of the nation," said Jurgens, who
heads the Moscow Institute of Modern Development (INSOR).
Putin and Medvedev have taken substantial pains to depict their
relationship as cooperative rather than competitive.
Their public images nonetheless differ somewhat, with the
tougher-seeming Putin making appearances at tiger stalks and in
fighter jet cockpits; while the more cerebral-appearing Medvedev has
visited educational institutions and international conferences, where
he has called for accelerated modernization.


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