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Adding to the speculation is the fact that Putin and Medvedev's supporters are "almost in open conflict," says Petrov. "Medvedev's people are pretty openly criticizing Vladislav Surkov" - the deputy chief of staff in Medvedev's Kremlin who is a Putin loyalist...
...what else is fueling the gossip? Russian daily Vremya Novostei this week reported that Medvedev had "criticized [Putin's] Cabinet for a certain slowness in supporting the real sector of the economy." Putin, the paper wrote, "immediately responded by criticizing [Medvedev...
Perhaps more significantly, Medvedev has been taking small but symbolic steps away from Putin's more authoritarian style of rule recently. Speaking with regional lawmakers on Friday, Medvedev said open discussion of anticrisis measures was "permissible and even necessary." On Sunday, protesters held a sanctioned, peaceful march in Vladivostok - the same city where they had been beaten and arrested at a similar demonstration months earlier. Also on Sunday, Medvedev said unemployment actually stood at 6 million instead of the official figure of 2 million during a now weekly television appearance addressing the crisis. (It's worth noting that Medvedev...
...Maybe there is a small break between Putin and Medvedev, but it is slight," says Khramchikhin. "Regarding a new openness, it may be accepted - but only if Medvedev begins a fight with Putin ... will [it] have a purpose." See pictures of Victory Day in Russia...
...Vladimir Putin: TIME's 2007 Person of the Year...