Given the nature of secrecy that still prevails in Russia when it comes to how governmental decisions are made, the recent move by Putin to submit the name of the country's new prime minister and having it be a man who was not widely known has caused some speculation as to what affect this will have on the upcoming elections in Russia.
Putin Nominates Obscure Official To Be Premier in the Washington Post covers some of the basics on this story, including:
"Really it's a very weird appointment," said Yevgeny Volk, head of the Heritage Foundation in Moscow. "Zubkov doesn't seem like a candidate fit for the presidency. This may be to divert the public from the real candidate for the moment. But Kremlin watchers now have a lot of food for thought."
Just goes to show you, politics even outside of the US can be weird...
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