MOSCOW. - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries avoid giving public response to the Putin-Medvedev substitution in Russia. But among the post-Soviet countries’ leaders solely Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan could be delighted with Putin’s return, Moskovskiye Novosti Russian daily writes.      

“And this is not because Medvedev’s era did not bring Yerevan noticeable dividends in settlement of the Karabakh issue. This [era] was not beneficial for Baku, too. The problem is something else. In recent years, Armenia’s leadership was able to establish relations with Moscow which, by and large, do not depend too much on who the Kremlin’s master is. But Yerevan’s tradition of directing the vector more towards Putin and his team has remained,” Moskovskiye Novosti writes.                

During recent congress of Russia’s ruling Yedinaya Rossiya Party, it was decided to nominate current PM Vladimir Putin as candidate in the country’s presidential elections and, if he wins, to appoint current President Dmitry Medvedev as PM.