現年59歲，曾于2000年至2008年擔任過兩屆俄羅斯總統的俄現任總理弗拉基米爾?普京即將重返總統寶座，參加明年3月舉行的新一屆俄總統大選。日前，普京正式接受了執政黨總統候選人提名，他譴責外國資助其政敵，警告西方不要干預俄大選。在上萬支持者面前，普京宣布接受總統候選人提名。他說：“我滿懷感激地接受這個提名。”普京曾兩度擔任俄羅斯總統，很多人推測他能夠輕而易舉在2012年大選中獲勝。但是民調顯示，即將舉行的議會大選可能讓統一俄羅斯黨失去絕對優勢。一些人推測，統一俄羅斯黨將失去三分之二的優勢，無法繼續按照自己意愿改變憲法。普京此時接受提名，旨在給予統一俄羅斯黨更多支持。普京同時表示：“某些外國代表正付錢給那些所謂的‘領受者’，給他們分配任務來影響俄羅斯大選。” 普京說，這種行為只是“徒勞”，因為俄羅斯不會接受得到外國資助的政治家。普京還將這些政治家比作圣經中耶穌的叛徒“猶大”。普京還猛批反對黨領導人，稱他們在20世紀90年代在政府擔任要職時，曾讓整個國家陷入災難，走向毀滅。

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during a United Russia party congress in Moscow November 27, 2011.

Putin, president from 2000-2008 and now prime minister, is expected to easily recapture the presidency in an election in March. But opinion polls indicate a parliamentary vote in a week could loosen his United Russia party's domination of politics.

The timing of his Putin's nomination for the presidency - two months after he first said he would run - appeared aimed at giving United Russia a boost in the December 4 parliamentary vote at a time when the ruling party's support has flagged.

"Of course, I accept the proposal with gratitude," Putin said, confidently accepting the nomination before a crowd of 10,000 supporters chanting his name in a Moscow sports arena. The congress was broadcast live on television.

Putin said that ahead of both votes "representatives of some foreign countries are gathering those they are paying money to, so-called grant recipients, to instruct them and assign work in order to influence the election campaign themselves."

He said any such activity was a "wasted effort" because Russians would reject foreign-funded politicians, comparing them to Judas, the traitor of Jesus in the bible.

Foreign governments "would do better to pay off their debts with this money and stop pursuing inefficient and costly economic policies," he said in a dig at economic troubles in Europe and the United States.

Putin, 59, was constitutionally obliged to leave the presidency after serving two consecutive four-year terms, but has remained Russia's most powerful man as prime minister. The constitution now permits him to serve two more consecutive terms of six years, which could see him stay president until 2024.

During his presidency, Putin often suggested Western countries were funding his opponents. Competing political forces have been effectively sidelined in the 11 years since he first came to power.

In a carefully choreographed performance, Putin traded praise with his hand-picked presidential successor, Dmitry Medvedev, who is expected to take over the prime minister's post after stepping aside for Putin to return to the presidency.

Support for United Russia would boost Putin's performance in next year's presidential election, Medvedev said.

"The more convincing our result is on December 4, the more certain and more solid our victory will be at (presidential) elections in March of next year," Medvedev told an audience packed with famous public figures and throngs of young people.

Putin is Russia's most popular politician, credited by the public for ending the steep economic decline of the post-Soviet period. But his approval rating has slipped in the past year, standing at 67 percent in the most recent survey by independent pollster Levada-Center, down from near 80 percent in 2010.

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(Agencies)

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