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Jump to full article: Prime-Tass (ru), 2008-05-08
Intro: Former Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward a number of proposals for his premiership during a speech at the State Duma Thursday.
The State Duma is the Russian parliament's lower house.
Putin, who stepped down as president Wednesday, was nominated as prime minister by his successor, Dmitry Medvedev. The State Duma approved Putin's candidacy Thursday. . . .
Putin went on to unveil his program for health-related issues. To prevent smoking and drinking, he suggested increasing government spending on sports, recreation and education campaigns against smoking and alcoholism.
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