Putin Keeps Russia Guessing over New Government

World | February 25, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

President Vladimir Putin huddled with top pro-Kremlin lawmakers while Russia was kept guessing about its new leaders after a shock government sacking just three weeks ahead of a presidential poll. Putin did little to clarify the new leadership mystery by meeting his deposed prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov and cabinet Wednesday to say that he had been thinking the move for some time but remained uncertain until the last minute about when he should do it. He said the government's dismissal had been "basically planned."

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