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Kasparov: Checkmate?
Garry Kasparov, Putin critic and former world chess champion will not run in Russia's March 2008 presidential elections.Kasparov was jailed for five days after a rally in Moscow last month.
After the Russian Parliamentary elections held in December 2007, President Vladimir Putin said that he supported Dimitri Medvedev to become Russia's next president.
Medvedev reciprocated, asking that Putin be his prime minister.
As Prime Minister, Putin would retain substantial power without violating or changing the constitution, which prohibits presidents from serving more than two consecutive terms.
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