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Post-soviet political systems do not seem to converge on anything stable. In this case a president may plan to become a prime minister and so he needs to limit
by thriftwy 5y ago
Post-soviet political systems do not seem to converge on anything stable. In this case a president may plan to become a prime minister and so he needs to limit presidential power - this was seen in Russia, Turkey, etc.
- sekai 5y agoUhh, wrong? Baltics are stable like any western counterpart.
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- emteycz 5y agoPutin limited presidential power when exactly?
- thriftwy 5y agoIn 2008.
- albertopv 5y agoIt's a joke, right? Russia is now a de facto dictatorship with the same man in charge since 1999.
- pooper 5y agoiirc Putin swapped and became a prime minister for a short period in between. > As he was then constitutionally limited to two consecutive terms as president, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev, and returned to the presidency in 2012 in an election marred by allegations of fraud and protests; he was reelected again in 2018. In April 2021, following a referendum, he signed into law constitutional amendments including one that would allow him to run for reelection twice more, potentially extending his presidency to 2036. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
- emteycz 5y agoYes, but where is Putin limiting presidential power? He had no need to do so because he controlled Medvedev.
- Lex-2008 5y agore: Putin controlled Medvedev Well, some people say that under Medvedev Russia was a bit friendlier with USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reset I'm not sure that points highlighted in that article would happen if Putin was president (allowing U.S. forces fly over Russia, supporting Iran sanctions, reducing nuclear arsenals, U.S. dropping plan to build a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe).
- emteycz 5y agoRe US dropping the shield - AFAIK that was because of local population opposing it (here in Czechia the argument was that we'd become prime nuclear strike target), not because of anything with Russia or the US itself. The other stuff - seems just like Putin thought "well let them think Russia has changed".
- ceejayoz 5y agoIt’s a complex set of checks and balances in which Putin checks Putin’s puppets, who balance their ability to check Putin with their ability to survive polonium.
- albertopv 5y agoNo, really? Putin literally killed, or tried, journalists and political competitors. Medvedev was a puppet, on day one he appointed Putin as prime minister, how convenient.
- emteycz 5y agoCan you be more specific? I'd like to learn in what measurable ways he limited presidential power - and how come he got back in power after that, and was able to continue to add more power to his later presidency? AFAIK Medvedev was wholly controlled by Putin so why would he bother limiting presidential power?
- grapeskin 5y agoThe baltics are generally considered fairly stable, I think.
- ivan_gammel 5y agoBaltics are doing very well and Armenia, Georgia, Kirgizstan seem to go in the right direction.