Putin ready to challenge arrogant Medvedev
Moscow, May 24 ANI: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin 'has made up his mind' to challenge 'arrogant' President Dimitry Medvedev, Kremlin sources have said. "Putin will run for president. He's made up his mind for good. Rumours that he's still weighing his options are false," the Daily Mail quoted a source, as saying. "There's mounting tension between Medvedev and Putin. The view in Putin's camp is that Medvedev has started behaving with too much arrogance and wants to challenge him. Putin is starting to doubt his loyalty," he added. Last week, Medvedev had said Russian history shows that monopolising power leads to stagnation or civil war, and a person who thinks he can 'stay in power indefinitely is a danger to society'. Although both leaders avoided exhibiting their grievances against each other in public, sources believe that Medvedev and his people say 'it's time for the old man Putin to retire.' "Both Putin and Medvedev see themselves as the next Russian president. Given that the former brought the latter to power, that's a problem," another source said, adding: "Putin's camp thinks Medvedev is getting too cocky while the President and his people say it's time for the old man Putin to retire." Medvedev has not officially announced his intention to run, but in his first-ever televised question-and-answer session last week he appeared to advance his case for re-election. ANI
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