‘In 2012 we shall think together and take into account the realities of the time, our personal plans, the political landscape…and we will take a decision’:  Putin hints at a return to the Presidency at a Valdai discussion group of Russia experts.  Bloomberg suggests that Putin has ‘left the door considerably more open than we expected’ regarding 2012.  The Guardian foresees a septagenarian Putin in power.  ‘Analysts point out that if Putin does not run in 2012, by which time he will be 59, he is arguably out of politics for good‘, says the Independent.  ‘How much of a team he and Mr Medvedev really are is still not easy to read‘ suggests a comment piece in the Guardian.  ‘Is Medvedev on his own?‘ wonders Vladimir Frolov in the Moscow Times.  The Moscow Times has on overview of the issues breached by Putin at the lunch, including a lack of progress in relations with the US. Putin has also lamented European governments’ quickness to distrust the ‘Russian bear’, evinced in particular by the recent Opel dealings.