Putin Won't Rule Out Third Term in 2008

by **AspirinE** » Sep 27th, '05, 15:49

MOSCOW - President
Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he does not favor major changes in the constitution, but gave a less categorical answer to the question of whether he would remain in office after his second term ends in 2008.
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In response to a caller's question on live television on whether he could run for a third term, Putin said that he did not see it as his task to stay on indefinitely.

"I see my task as not sitting in the Kremlin eternally so that the same face will be shown on TV. ... I see my task as creating conditions for the country's long-term development, so that young and literate managers come to govern the country.

"I don't consider it appropriate to introduce any changes in the constitution," he said, then added a qualifying remark, noting that "as they say in the military, 'I'll find my place in the order of things'" after 2008.

Putin, who still enjoys a 70 percent approval rating, is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. Speculation has been rife that the Kremlin is searching for ways to keep him in place after his second term ends.

His comments came during what has become an annual ritual: a live, televised question-and-answer session moderated by anchors of two Kremlin-controlled channels. People were urged to pose their questions by Internet, telephone, text message or video linkup with selected audiences in 12 towns across the nation.

The Ekho Moskvy radio station commented that "no uncomfortable questions will be posed to Vladimir Putin

by **yoshi** » Sep 27th, '05, 20:10

lol, Putin is afraid because PiS won the election, hah, he doesn't want to make polish-russian contacts worse..

by **AspirinE** » Sep 27th, '05, 20:40

yoshi wrote:lol, Putin is afraid because PiS won the election, hah, he doesn't want to make polish-russian contacts worse..

Gotta Luv Putin

He prolly the best president ever elected

he helped our country greatly

I dont want him to leave :cry:

by **yoshi** » Sep 27th, '05, 20:47

if u say so

i think we should cooperate with Russia, but now it's a bit too late, we're going to have new president, and if Kaczynski (stupid motherfucker :evil:

) won, it'd be hard to stay in good terms with Russia..

u have still lot of time, it's 2005.

by **AspirinE** » Sep 27th, '05, 21:04

yoshi wrote:if u say so
i think we should cooperate with Russia, but now it's a bit too late, we're going to have new president, and if Kaczynski (stupid motherfucker ) won, it'd be hard to stay in good terms with Russia..

u have still lot of time, it's 2005.

I like the way all these countries that ones split from russia
now want to unite or get payback from us(money)

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by **yoshi** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:00

sorry

Poland wants money from everyone.. we always have a milion problems, now our biggest is fact, that we are not included in US green-card lottery.. :? shit happens.. :lol:

by **AspirinE** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:02

yoshi wrote:sorry

Poland wants money from everyone.. we always have a milion problems, now our biggest is fact, that we are not included in US green-card lottery.. :? shit happens.. :lol:

should have stayed united lol

by **yoshi** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:12

ASPIRINE wrote:
yoshi wrote:sorry

Poland wants money from everyone.. we always have a milion problems, now our biggest is fact, that we are not included in US green-card lottery.. :? shit happens.. :lol:

should have stayed united lol

who? u mean poland and russia?
i know lot of ppl who would be happy.. my geography teacher talks all the time about USSR and "Soviet storehouse of knowledge" and so on..
it'd be probably better than be glued to US ass.. :? i don't think we shouldn't cooperate with US, but hm.. there are some lines, that you shouldn't cross.. :shock:

our goverment wants US to delete the visas, because we helped them in Iraq - that's sick, why should they? :?

by **AspirinE** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:18

U too have been brainwashed about how america is so free and Comunists are so bad

wen in real live capitalism(aka corporatism)is more evil then u think

it was hard in the early days of comunism coz of the war... it takes time to rebuilt

but wat america did was drown our country for nutin and cmon ask ur history teacher to tell u who is responsible for the breakdown of USSR

it would have been the greatest nation in the world
coz in that regime all races are equal and ppl all not stowened with classicism

ur teacher prolly knows a lot in her life and plus she/he studdied and witnessed it ........

by **yoshi** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:32

lol, i'm not brainwashed, i don't think US is the best country in the whole world. maybe even if i used to think so when i was little, now i see that it wasn't true..

coz in that regime all races are equal

well, that's a big advantage
and i think that in communism there wasn't so much crime at all - lol, everyone was invigilated..

by **AspirinE** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:36

yoshi wrote:lol, i'm not brainwashed, i don't think US is the best country in the whole world. maybe even if i used to think so when i was little, now i see that it wasn't true..

coz in that regime all races are equal

well, that's a big advantage
and i think that in communism there wasn't so much crime at all - lol, everyone was invigilated..

communism can evolve

look at china they starting to build private companies

they might be the next superior nation withtin the next 10 years with the speed that they are growing

by **yoshi** » Sep 28th, '05, 16:48

i'm not very well informated about situation in China.. :oops:

but as far as i know, ppl aren't there very happy.. i've read some article about manifestations, because the goverment doesn't know (or just doesn't want to know) what's going on with ppl in small villages and towns..
ppl send millions of letters and petitions, because the officials there are in most cases corrupted, and the goverment resolves only 2

by **AspirinE** » Sep 28th, '05, 17:04

yoshi wrote:i'm not very well informated about situation in China.. but as far as i know, ppl aren't there very happy.. i've read some article about manifestations, because the goverment doesn't know (or just doesn't want to know) what's going on with ppl in small villages and towns..
ppl send millions of letters and petitions, because the officials there are in most cases corrupted, and the goverment resolves only 2

Putin Won't Rule Out Third Term in 2008

Putin Won't Rule Out Third Term in 2008

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