普京帶頭支持延長總統(tǒng)任期 能否重返高位？
Putin backs proposal for extending Russian presidency

　　Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he supports the extension of the presidency from four years to six years, local media reported.

　　President Dmitry Medvedev submitted a bill to the parliament on the extension, which was raised during his first address-of-the state to the parliament last Wednesday.

　　"I support Dmitry Medvedev's proposal. As regards who may run for the next term and when they may do so, it is too early to speak of this," Itar-Tass news agency quoted Putin as saying.

　　Putin, also head of the ruling United Russia party, stepped down in May after serving two terms as president since 2000 due to constitutional ban on a third consecutive term.

　　Some analysts say the extension of the presidency and the strengthening of the role of the parliament, where the United Russia took two thirds of the seats, will pave the way for Putin's return to the Kremlin.

　　俄羅斯總理普京１２日在莫斯科舉行的記者招待會 上表示，他支持梅德韋杰夫總統(tǒng)關(guān)于延長總統(tǒng)和議員任期的建議。

　　據(jù)俄塔社報道，普京說，他“支持梅德韋杰夫先生的建議”，這一建議關(guān)系到修改憲法的問題。他還指出，目前談?wù)撜l將競選下一任俄總統(tǒng)還為時尚早。

　　根據(jù)俄羅斯憲法，俄總統(tǒng)和國家杜馬（議會下院）議員的任期均為４年。梅德韋杰夫認(rèn)為有必要修改憲法，并于本月５日在議會兩院首次發(fā)表國情咨文時提議，將總統(tǒng)任期從目前的４年延長至６年，將國家杜馬議員任期從４年延長至５年。

　　俄總統(tǒng)新聞局１１日發(fā)表公告說，梅德韋杰夫總統(tǒng)已將關(guān)于分別延長總統(tǒng)和國家杜馬議員任期的憲法修正案草案提交國家杜馬審議。