RUSSIA: Medvedev sits in the Kremlin, but Putin rules
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In this article
- Rationale for the tandem
- Constitutionalism
- Democratic legacy
- Political accountability and diversity
- Burden-sharing
- Choosing Medvedev
- Trust
- Medvedev's dependence
- Modernity
- Undesirable alternatives
- How the tandem works
- Careful delineation of roles
- Illusion of diversity
- Few substantive differences
- 'Cadres decide everything'
- Medvedev's self-censorship
- First deputy prime minister
- Political success, policy failures
- Public reception
- Public personas
- Big rhetoric, small achievements
- 2012 and beyond
- Continuation of the status quo
- Job-switch
- Pseudo-competitive elections
- Whither Medvedev
- Putin's retirement
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