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At age 59 in October, he'll be 72 if elected two more times.
On September 24 on Russia Today, several observers were interviewed.
According to Sergey Brilev, political commentator and Russia's Council for Foreign and Defense Policy:
"Firstly, Medvedev will bring liberal votes for the United Russia party because he is, of course, associated with a liberal agenda and secondly, those things which have been inserted into the Russian political agenda, such as political and economic modernization and innovations, these are things that are normally associated with" him.
Serving as Prime Minister with Putin "takes us to a new political reality," combining Putin's "strong-handed sort of politics" with his liberal agenda.
Political expert Igor Khokhlov called Putin "very popular outside (Russia because of his) very reasonable policy following all its international agreements...."
At the same time, he and Medvedev express great concern about Washington's belligerent encroachment near its borders with menacing military bases, interceptor missiles (called defensive ones), advanced tracking radar, and other weapons.
In September, America signed an agreement with Romania to install missile defenses and advanced radar. Earlier, Turkey agreed to a EUROPRO radar system.
In addition, Poland decided to deploy Patriot interceptor missiles at its base in Morag, around 100 kilometers from Kaliningrad. Pentagon radar already is in Varde, Norway near Russia's border.
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