RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin, who has shown off his muscles and flown a fighter plane, endorsed a bookish former academic as his successor. Putin officially declared on Monday that he intended ……

term, so he backed Medvedev as a successor and Medvedev, in turn, appointed him prime minister.Putin...OVER the last eight years, Vladimir Putin’s power has grown and Russians have often responded ……

successor and named primeminister.Just days after becoming prime minister, Putin showed he was no softy... successor and named primeminister.Just days after becoming prime minister, Putin showed he was no softy ……

ON September 24, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that he would be running for president in 2012 – and suggested President Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister after the elections. Putin made ……

presidency.bookish adj. 书呆子气的用法：后缀ish与名词结合成形容词，表示有点儿，稍微的……，如"girlish, boyish, reddish 等She was always a bookish child.post n. 职位She was offered a post in the new government.appoint v.约定，指派用法：appoint sb ……

he had the chance to shake hands with the Russian President — Vladimir Putin."I felt the friendship and the strength of his hand," said the happyjuniorstudent.President Putin visited the Chinese top ……

stage.*But while Vladimir Putin, with his toughness, became TIME's 2007 Person of the Year, his....*This May as Putin has to step down after his 8-year presidency, Medvedev will take over as the youngest ……

with Western Europe and the US as well as boost Russian President Vladimir Putin's already considerable... of the celebration say. Russia is getting greater recognition from the world under Putin's leadership.Putin came ……

Beach, Hawaii.Putin's aidsRUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin promoted his two closest allies... of Putin, is now deputy prime minister. Political analysts said Putin's surprise move is a setup ……

's application to become part of the WTO, he appealed for quick action.Yeltsin's successor Vladimir Putin said in an April state of the nation address that joining the WTO was a top priority for his ……

Bookish-looking像脸的书架LOOK closer at this face. It’s a bookshelf (书架). Put books on it, and you can get “hair“, “eyebrows“ and “teeth“. Do you like it? 21ST ……

service. The SVR is a successor to the KGB, the world’s most infamous intelligence body during the Cold... intelligence noted that Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister and former spy chief, had worked to restore ……

PUTIN became the “new” president of Russia on March 4. He got 63.71 percent of all votes (投票... cheeks, Putin called his victory a turning point that has prevented the country from falling ……

This picture shows various portraits (画像) of Russian President Vladimir Putin. They were drawn.... Putin is shown with different facial expressions to portray each month of the year. (From L-R, top ……

DMITRY Medvedev, Russia's first deputy prime minister and a long-time comrade of Vladimir Putin....But the 42-year-old said he will continue the policies of Putin, who was prevented from running for re ……