Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as a candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation. United Russia, the Socialist Revolutionaries, Agrarians and Civil Force propose First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin supports this. “We would like to propose to you the candidacy that we all support.

The famous cry of Gyulchatay from the eternal film “White Sun of the Desert” surprisingly accurately reflects the news of Putin’s support for Medvedev’s candidacy for the post of President of Russia. If Medvedev had been a little more emotional, he, like Gyulchatay, would have shouted about his victory to the entire Kremlin courtyard... But he refrained, or rather sent walkers to Putin, completely obeying the script written in the Kremlin.

The conversation of two psychoanalysts: - You know, I always thought that all these things Freud about reservations are complete nonsense, But this morning I was convinced that they make sense. - Yes? How did it happen?

Fresh joke: “Yesterday, March 2, 2008, the presidential elections of the Russian Federation took place. Over 80% of voters cast their votes for him. Today we finally find out who we voted for.” We found out a little earlier: in December. The next president will be First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The best choice for Putin and, perhaps, the best for Russia. Why? Please, let me explain.

Vladimir Putin has made his choice. The solution is both expected and not so expected. Expected - because Dmitry Medvedev has been the unofficial successor number one since the end of 2005, when he became a public political figure, taking the post of first deputy prime minister. Not really - since before September they talked more and more about Sergei Ivanov, and after September - about Viktor Zubkov.

Is the parade news? Not unless the commander-in-chief's pants fall down during the parade. Could the State Duma elections become news? No - only if United Russia failed the elections. The elections became news. United Russia failed the elections. Having President Putin at its head, having unlimited administrative resources, bending governors and oligarchs, receiving an unlimited amount of money - the party in power actually gained 35-40% of the ballots.

Journalistic solidarity has nothing to do with it. The people who signed the letter in defense of Tretyakov - Pavlovsky, Leontyev, Nikonov - they are not journalists. And not even political scientists. More like political strategists. One thing they have in common is their personal success under Putin.

No more than four candidates will be able to take part in the presidential elections, ITAR-TASS made this forecast. The conclusions of the agency’s experts and commentators are based on the number of parties that received “parliamentary privileges” and on the stringency of the requirements for registration of other candidates. Following the parliamentary elections, four parties entered the Duma.

So, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was proclaimed the official heir to the throne. Well, as they say, “let’s see what kind of Sukhov you are.” To fight with Igor Sechin is not to appear in Gazprom’s videos. The candidacy, however, is a little unexpected - recently, most analysts agreed that the so-called liberal tower of the Kremlin (it is also called the “Gazprom party”) will release our second first vice – Sergei Ivanov – into this list. Apparently, Medvedev is not so sorry...

Last Friday, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov caused quite a stir among foreign journalists and defense analysts (that is, those who, by virtue of their position, are obliged to take seriously the words of the then possible candidate for successor).