>>Putin kinda has a reputation of being a thug - wonder how much longer Medvedev will be around now...
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>>>http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/21/idINIndia-55749420110321
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>he may suddenly come down with the flu (remember Andropov?).

hahaha yep. Of course that guy was at one time the Chairman of the KGB so I suspect he wasn't the nicest guy in the world either..