'medved'-the bear-he is not

Putin has done the unexpected, he supported the candidacy of Medvedev, the current deputy prime minister, for the presidency. Many have been screaming, it even became fashionable, about Russia's inevitable descent into totalitarian state of being and the forces of siloviki, the military, taking everything uder their control. Putin's latest move contradicts that. He opted for a liberal in mind shape and form successor. In fact i can see Medvedev as a politician in any of the European developed capitalist coutries. Lets see what happens next.