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WORLD / NEWS Mon May 12, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is proposing the names of ministers in his new government, which will work with President Dmitry Medvedev. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin will be retaining his post and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also keeps his.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 3, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Dmitry Medvedev has celebrated his landslide victory in Russia's presidential vote, amid claims by electoral observers questioning the fairness of the result, according to agency reports. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Medvedev -- President Vlad.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 10, 2007 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- President Vladimir Putin expressed support Monday for First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as his successor, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. There have been months of intense speculation on whom Putin would support to run in the March 2 preside.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is heading to Kazakhstan, the first stop in his maiden foreign trip since taking over as Russian leader. Mr Medvedev will hold meetings in the oil-rich Central Asian state, before going to China on Friday. In Kazakhst.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 7, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Dmitry Medvedev has promised to extend Russia's civil and economic freedoms after being sworn in as new president. "Human rights and freedoms ... are deemed of the highest value for our society," he said at a lavish inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 3, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- The only Western observer group monitoring Russia's presidential election says the poll was flawed. Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, won a landslide victory on Sunday. But observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Dec 11, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- Russian President Vladimir Putin should become prime minister after stepping down next year, his chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev says. Mr Putin named Mr Medvedev, a first deputy prime minister, on Monday as his favourite for the presidency. Mr Putin i.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 10, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Russian leader Vladimir Putin has backed First Deputy PM Dmitry Medvedev to replace him as president next year, Russian media report. "I fully support this candidacy," Mr Putin was quoted as saying. Mr Medvedev was nominated by Mr Putin's United Rus.. Read More