Medvedev says he and Putin won’t be rivals
During the 2012 presidential election, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will not compete with each other, Medvedev said in an interview with The Financial Times.
"It's hard to imagine at least for one reason. Vladimir Putin is my colleague and longtime friend and we present the same political force, hence the competition among us can go to the detriment of the goals and objectives, implementation of which we have been engaged in recent years," said the Russian President
Two days ago, when commenting on the same issue Medvedev said, "Not very much time is left to wait. Each story should have its intrigue, for otherwise life would be dull. Let us continue it a little bit longer."
Speaking about his relationship with Vladimir Putin, Medvedev dismissed talk of a deepening rift with Putin. Further, the Russian President said he and Putin were "different people" with different ideas about how to reach some goals, but were on the same side.
"I have already said that we differ from each other. Our relations have changed since the moment I became a president but only in trivial issues," he said.
