RUSSIA: GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SUPPORTS VLADIMIR PUTIN AS FAVOURITE TO BECOME NEXT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT

Record ID: 648214

  • Title: RUSSIA: GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SUPPORTS VLADIMIR PUTIN AS FAVOURITE TO BECOME NEXT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
  • Date: 20th December 1999
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 20, 1999) (REUTERS (A) - ACCESS ALL) 1. FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR IGOR SHABDURASULOV SEATED AT NEWS CONFERENCE 0.05 2. CUTAWAYS OF MEDIA 0.09 3. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE AND SHABDURASULOV 0.13 4. SCU SOUNDBITE: (Russian): IGOR SHABDURASULOV SAYING "It seems to me that the results of the elections for the State Duma without doubt name the favourite for the presidential ones -- that being Putin." 0.44 5. CUTAWAYS OF JOURNALISTS 0.49 6. SCU SOUNDBITE: (Russian): SHABDURASULOV SAYING "According to the opinion of the President, there exists a more constructive atmosphere between the President and the new Duma than the old one." 1.17 7. SV MEDIA/ SHABDURASULOV PREPARES TO LEAVE 1.26 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th January 2000 12:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6GCF7P6RL92MKV16A3PWEIFGO
  • Story Text: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is emerging as
    clear favourite to take over from Boris Yeltsin as President
    at next year's elections.

    At a news conference on Monday (December 20), the day
    after Russia's parliamentary elections, the First Deputy
    Director of the Yeltsin administration, Igor Shabdurasulov,
    confirmed Putin's standing.

    The unexpectedly strong showing of the pro-Kremlin Unity
    party means that pro-Kremlin poltiticians, like Putin, will be
    on the ascent next year.

    Shabdurasulov also believes the next parliament, the Duma,
    will be more constructive than the last one and more in line
    with the politics of the President.


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