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 Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor -- held 70.1 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission reported, according to Itar-Tass.But Golos, a Russian vote monitoring group, says it has received allegations of multiple voting papers, falsified names on electoral registers, the stuffing of ballot boxes and electoral observers and media being barred from polling stations, AP added.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the continent's top election watchdog, refused to monitor the balloting because of what it called severe restrictions on its observers by the Russian government. Putin insisted last month that Russia has "fully implemented" all of its commitments to the OSCE.
Meanwhile Medvedev has vowed to work closely with the man who tapped him for the job.
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