The
unexpected announcement, which came shortly after Putin proposed a nationwide
vote on sweeping changes that would shift power from the presidency to
parliament, means Russia will also get a new prime minister.
Russian Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that his government was resigning to
give President Vladimir Putin room to carry out the changes he wants to make to
the constitution.
Possible
candidates include Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, Dmitry Oreshkin, the
economy minister, or Alexander Novak, the energy minister.
Medvedev made
the announcement on state TV sitting next to Putin who thanked Medvedev, a
close ally, for his work.
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