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Dmitry Medvedev won Russia’s presidential election with 70 percent of the vote, according to final preliminary returns released Tuesday.
Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov announced the results after all precincts had been counted. Final..
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Dmitry Medvedev was elected as Russia’s next president, early results showed on Sunday, after a vote that will preserve the power of his mentor President Vladimir...
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I confidently predict that Medvedev will win big and that the OSCE & Co will condemn the election for unbalanced media coverage (something that apparently makes a...
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Russian authorities came under renewed attack for election-linked violations ahead of Sunday’s presidential poll in which Kremlin favourite Dmitry Medvedev faces...
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MOSCOW, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) — Russian voters are expected to cast their ballots in a presidential election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Vladimir...
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