Russia's Putin Is Eyeing 2012 Presidential Election

Vladimir Putin visiting Verkhnyaya Vereya settlement, Nizhny Novgorod region. Having inspected the course of construction of houses for those affected by the wildfires. Photo: RIA Novosti

New Web Address Hints At Putin Return To Kremlin -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A Russian government agency has registered the web address Putin-2012.rf in a sign Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plans to run in a presidential election he would seem almost certain to win.

Russia's Federal Bodyguard Service registered six domain names combining Putin's name or initials with "2012," according to the official Cyrillic domain database, stat.ref.ru. It did not do the same for President Dmitry Medvedev.

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My Comment: The fact that President Medvedev's websites were not chosen is very revealing. This is the first hint that he will step aside and let Putin run for the Russian Presidency.