As the Russian president begins a new term, the reappointment of Prime Minister Medvedev kills any hope of policy surprises.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-08/putin-4-0-offers-more-of-the-same
Vladimir Putin has now ruled Russia as president or prime minister for all the 21st century — longer than anyone in the past 100 years except Stalin. When he completes his fourth term in six years’ time, he will have left a significant imprint on his country and on the world. In the early years,
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/six-more-years-of-putin-tlzkwh3vg
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/29215036.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2018/05/08_a_11743711.shtml
http://expert.ru/2018/05/8/livan-sleduyuschij/
https://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/articles/2018/05/08/768853-komu-nuzhni-reformi
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5AF1860750413
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2018/05/08_a_11744461.shtml?updated