普京带头支持延长总统任期 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.

　　俄罗斯总理普京１２日在莫斯科举行的记者招待会 上表示，他支持梅德韦杰夫总统关于延长总统和议员任期的建议。

　　据俄塔社报道，普京说，他“支持梅德韦杰夫先生的建议”，这一建议关系到修改宪法的问题。他还指出，目前谈论谁将竞选下一任俄总统还为时尚早。

　　根据俄罗斯宪法，俄总统和国家杜马（议会下院）议员的任期均为４年。梅德韦杰夫认为有必要修改宪法，并于本月５日在议会两院首次发表国情咨文时提议，将总统任期从目前的４年延长至６年，将国家杜马议员任期从４年延长至５年。

　　俄总统新闻局１１日发表公告说，梅德韦杰夫总统已将关于分别延长总统和国家杜马议员任期的宪法修正案草案提交国家杜马审议。