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Yes, but where is Putin limiting presidential power? He had no need to do so because he controlled Medvedev.
by emteycz 5y ago
Yes, 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.