Dropping the clearest hint yet that Mr Putin, now prime minister, plans a swift return, senior government sources told the respected newspaper
Vedomosti that Dmitry Medvedev could step down next year.
Mr Medvedev is first expected to usher through constitutional changes that would allow Mr Putin to return to his old job for 12 more years.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...in-months.html
And all those lefty's thought Bush was going to do this.
This is not good for Russia. All hail Czar Putin.