Is the relationship between Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev really that tense? The online version of a large newspaper “Sovershenno Sekretno” which published what it claimed to be a phone conversation between Putin and Medvedev has just been shut down - http://www.sovsekretno.ru . Because technical problems? The conversation suggested that the two of them had not talked to one another for two months. The person who, in terms of context, might have been Putin rudely attacked the person who was supposedly Medvedev and promised that he would not talk to him for another two months. Here’s a fragment of the supposed conversation between the two of them:

-“Don’t you yell at me! I am the president, and I have my rights. I’ve been president for a year!”

-“Do you know where your rights would be if I did not exist? What does your administration get paid for?”

-(…)

-“Economic issues are your responsibility. I wanted to talk specifically about Serdukov (a high-ranking Russian official). And about … oh, forget it. We’ll deal with it ourselves.”

-“Fine. Whatever (Basta – originally). I haven’t talked to you for two months. I won’t talk to you for another two months. I’ll see you this evening at the TV station.”

Have a nice Day and be careful,
more on blogg - Paul Lasaro

Doesn't surprise me, I wondered when Medvedev would get tired of licking Putin's boots. Who the real power in Russia is no big secret.

And don't you just love Russian censorship?