PRINCETON – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s anointment of Alexander Medvedev to succeed him in what is supposed to be a democratic presidential election next March shows that Russia’s leaders have not changed a whit. It looks increasingly likely that, as under Leonid Brezhnev, we will see the same names in the news for decades to come.
普林斯顿&#45;&#45;俄国总统普京钦点梅德韦捷夫在明年三月本应民主的总统选举后继承总统职位，这标明俄国领导人并未做出任何改变。现在看来越发可能我们将会在今后几十年中见到同样的名字，正如在伯列日涅夫统治时期一样。