Medvedev says he has no `supernatural presidential ambitions`

PITTSBURGH, September 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has confirmed that he does not have what he described as
"supernatural presidential ambitions."
"It is true that I have no supernatural presidential ambitions," he
told a news conference ending his visit to the Untied States for the UN
General Assembly session and the G20 summit. "The person who does have
them will never become president, because they will devour him from the
inside."
Asked about what he thought about the president's job, Medvedev said
that over the past eighteen months his ideas of it had changed a great
deal.
"This is a no easy job, one has to stay 'plugged-in' all the way,"
Medvedev said. As he compared his current activity with any other posts,
Medvedev pointed to what looked as the main distinction to him - "any
other official has a superior who can make a decision for you."
"In the president's situation this is impossible. You are aware it is
on your actions that the success of the state depends, and this gives you
strength during such no easy missions like this one," Medvedev said.
One of the debit side of his work he mentioned "the scale of tasks and
opportunity to participate in addressing them," and on the debit side "the
utter lack of spare time."

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