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The leaders and leaders of United Russia and its lists in the elections should be members of the party. As RIA Novosti reports, President Medvedev said at a meeting with the party’s asset. “I consider it necessary that the leadership of United Russia and the leaders of United Russia, the leaders of party lists in the elections were members of the United Russia party - all without exception,” Medvedev said.

Only in this case, "the citizens of our country will believe that the party is not just a voting machine or a career step in the life of a particular official," said Medvedev, who is not a member of the party, although he headed its federal list of elections to the State Duma. Party leader-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin-is also not a member of United Russia.

The President also stated that the task of United Russia is that Vladimir Putin win the upcoming presidential election in 2012 "Worthy". “Our task is to do everything so that our candidate - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin - won the election so that he won with dignity and confirms the loan of confidence that he had already formed for a long time,” Medvedev said. He expressed confidence that "it will be so." “This will allow us to continue the course of modernization and ensure continuity - the continuity of the political course, the continuity of the social stability that was given to us so hard, economic growth,” the president concluded.

On the eve of the recordly low ratings of Putin and Medvedev were published. According to a survey of the VTIMOM, conducted on December 10 and 11 in 46 regions of Russia, the approval of Putin's activity was 51 percent. According to the results of a similar survey conducted at the end of November, this indicator was 61 percent. On average, for 11 months of 2011, the Prime Minister's rating was approximately 63.8 percent.

If the presidential election took place on the nearly Sunday, Vladimir Putin would have gained 42 percent of the vote. These are the results of the initiative survey of the VTsIOM, conducted on December 10-11 in 138 settlements in 46 regions, edges and republics of Russia (1,600 people were interviewed, status does not exceed 3.4 percent).

Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Premier, said that Putin's rating falls "with a general emotional background to the pre-election and post-icing period." “If you abstract from emotions, it is obvious that the real state of affairs is currently more likely with a plus sign,” the prime minister spokesman added.

On December 6, Peskov said that Putin was never directly connected with United Russia, therefore he was considered an independent politician, and not as a member of the party. "Therefore, these are two different things, but of course people expect an update. People expect Putin in version two. Obviously, the party will need to go through the renewal period and Putin," Peskov said.