From JRL 2011-8-3
Analysis: Russian movement could boost Putin, weaken Medvedev
By Gleb Bryanski
May 15, 2011
[Summary First Draft: May17, 2011]
Reuters predicts that Putin's idea of a People's Front in the lead-up to upcoming elections likely will strengthen's Putins power base at Medvedev's expense. While Putin said Medvedev supported the plan, Medvedev refrained from doing so with vigor and said he would not join it.
The possible impact of the presidential election result on future economic prospects and investment is also examined, with Medvedev representing modernization but Putin remaining a powerful figure regardless of which position he holds nominally. Some commentators also have cautioned that seeming rifts between the two might simply be carefully orchestrated.
Reuters also points out that two elections await Russia, both parliamentary and presidential. United Russia, controlling the legislature, has been declining in popularity. A Just Russia also might be minimized: "The creation of the People's Front also appears to end an experiment with a dual-party system involving the Just Russia party created before the 2007 parliamentary election."
To read in greater detail: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/15/us-russia-politics-front-idUSTRE74E19520110515
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