The move with Medvedev destroyed opposition’s platform, and ripped all the core anti - Putin arguments out of their hands. Berezovsky is bound to be getting drunk somewhere because everything he said in his insane speaking rampages proved false. ‘Only by force my friends’, he used to yell. The claims of country sinking into totalitarian regime and Putin planning to reign for centuries are weakened. Some claim that Medvedev candidacy is fitting because he will step down at the first request and allow Putin back to power. I find it hard to believe. No matter how much of your position you owe to the previous leader, once in power it moulds you. I am optimistic.