FACTBOX:Key quotes from Russia's Dmitry Medvedev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev will be sworn in as Russia's president on Wednesday.

The following extracts from Medvedev's speeches and interviews give some indication of the kind of president he may be:

PRIVATE PROPERTY

"Private property is a vital structure. It forms part of a fundamental set of human rights. If we don't learn to respect and protect it the way it is done in the whole world, we will continue living in backwardness and desolation."

OFFICIALS' ROLE IN ECONOMY:

"We have centuries of bureaucratic traditions ... And we have not created the best example of bureaucracies. It is not the most effective bureaucracy. It is a corrupt bureaucracy."

"I have no information that Russian secret services are vying for (national) wealth. And if I receive such information ... such people will be immediately fired and brought to justice."

MEDVEDEV ON MEDVEDEV:

"I have a legal mindset which has pluses and minuses. The advantage is that it enables one to properly formulate aims and helps with decision taking. The disadvantage is that often I speak and explain myself more precisely than required. And from this, there arises the feeling that before you stands a dry man buttoned up to the neck."

ON RELATIONS WITH PUTIN

"These are friendly, a partnership, based on the fact that we have long worked together and trust each other. And this is the most important thing.

"I'm sure our work in this fully-fledged, efficient tandem can give the country rather interesting results and will become a positive factor to develop our state."

PRESIDENTIAL RULE:

"Our country was and remains a presidential republic. It cannot be any other way ... There cannot be two, or three or five centers (of power) ... The president is in charge of Russia, and under the constitution there can only be one president."

RUSSIA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD:

"The United States and Russia have to cooperate ... It is inevitable."