It may earn Mr Medvedev either a place in history or a footnote in the story of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin.

该案即可能为梅德韦杰夫在历史上赢得一席之地，也可能只是其前任普京传奇的一个新注脚。

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Russians are grateful for these things. They like the stability that Mr Putin has brought in place of the chaos under his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin.

俄罗斯人民对此心存感激，他们喜欢普京带来的稳定，而普京前任——鲍利斯·叶利钦带来的却是混乱。

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We ask if it had ever occurred to Putin that history would place him in such a role.

我们问普京以前是否想过历史会赋予他这样的角色。

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Mr Putin's place will be taken by Russia's prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov.

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It started in October, when President Dmitry Medvedev said he would not seek re-election and that in his place would be Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister, and already a two-time president.

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These are more notional than real, as the farcical second show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil boss and a Putin rival, which is taking place on Mr Medvedev's watch, demonstrates.

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