RUSSIA / USA: ADR Stocks Plunge For 8th Week...After Putin Win: Medvedev Promises 'Long' Rule Together.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-27/worst-stock-slump-since-08-on-putin-concerns-russia-overnight.html


      Russian stocks traded in the USA fell again...for the 8th straight week.
      It is the ADR's longest losing streak...since 2008.
      Investors fear president-elect Vladimir Putin will renege on the economic reform promises of current President Medvedev.
     Putin has already walked back a promise for direct of regional governors.
     He now says he will keep veto power over candidates.
     In a live 2 hour interview...Medvedev said his job swap with Putin strengthens Russia's democracy...and that they will rule together 'for a long time.'


     TO READ: AP Report on Medvedev Interview:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/26/russia-medvedev-putin-rule.html