Medvedev sworn in as Russian president
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
1. One of the new president’s biggest problems is...
2. The new president is planning...
3. He also has to decide...
4. The constitution says people have the right...
5. Putin was able...
6. The new president promised...
a. … to make life comfortable and secure for ordinary people.
b. … what to do about Abkhazia.
c. … how to stop Russia’s rising inflation.
d. … to make different factions agree.
e. … to protest.
f. … to visit China and Kazakhstan.
Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
did not break my promise,”
he said in a short
speech.
Meanwhile, Medvedev’s promise to turn Russia
into a society based
on law is an interesting
one. Yesterday, the authorities banned an
anti-government
demonstration in Moscow by
supporters of The Other Russia movement,
even though the constitution
says that people
have the right to protest.
“MPs earn 40 times more than our pensions. We
have to live on 4,000 roubles (£88) a month,”
said Zoya Vasilyevna, a 77-year-old
retired
teacher at the demonstration. “My generation
defended
this country in the war, but now these
people have stolen everything. “Putin
only likes
billionaires. He’s not interested in us,” she said.
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