It's official: Medvedev for (Russian) president
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President Putin's chosen successor, he kicked off his campaign Tuesday with a Kremlin-sponsored speech.
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Russia's parliament confirmed Viktor Zubkov as prime minister on Friday after he pledged to press ahead with President Vladimir Putin's economic policies and help rebuild the defense industry.
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President Vladimir Putin's  chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, dismissed fears on Thursday  that the Kremlin would nationalize Russia's economy and said  the state would not "grab everything for itself."
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Russia&#39;s parliament on Friday confirmed  Viktor Zubkov as prime minister.
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Russian news agency&#39;s report the Russian government&#39;s choice has easily won the election for president of Chechnya. ITAR-Tass says the republic&#39;s police chief -- Alu Alkhanov -- received nearly 74 percent of the vote.
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Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir  Putin's chosen successor, will win 71 percent of the votes in  March's Russian presidential election, state-owned pollster  VTsIOM predicted on Thursday.
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Â·President was expected to turn down offer of post Â·Plan to 'continue our joint work' with Medvedev
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KHABAROVSK, Russia  - Dmitry Medvedev, likely to be Russia's next president, says the country's so rich from an oil-fuelled boom that billions can be doled out simply by a click of the fingers.
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Russia's lower house of parliament confirmed President Vladimir Putin's choice as prime minister on Friday, approving the previously obscure official Viktor Zubkov in a vote whose result was a foregone conclusion
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President Vladimir Putin told a congress of Russia's dominant party Monday that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor Â and said he would not seek to make the premiership more powerful.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to become prime minister if his close ally Dmitry Medvedev succeeds him, giving Putin a way to keep a grip on power after he leaves the Kremlin.
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"Russia is categorically against a unilateral declaration of independence"  Serbia's drift toward Russia continued ahead of the country's presidential election with the news that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been made an honorary citizen of its second-largest city. The criteria for becoming an honorary citizen of Novi Sad states that the nominee must have deep personal ties to the city and must have significantly contributed to its development. But Mr. Putin has not visited Novi Sad while in office - nor has he made any special contribution to the city. Analysts say that the honor - which has also been given by a number of other Serbian towns - was bestowed in an attempt to boost the prospects of the pro-Russian presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic ahead of this weekend's election. Read more
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Both are candidates from the party of power and have presidential aspirations. Both served as prime ministers and campaigned on a platform of strengthening ties with Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  dismissed his prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for  him to appoint a new premier who is likely to become the  leading candidate in an election for president next March.
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Russia's parliament is expected to vote overwhelmingly on Friday to approve President Vladimir Putin's nominee for prime minister, political unknown Viktor Zubkov.
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Russia's lower house of parliament confirmed President Vladimir Putin's choice as prime minister on Friday, approving the previously obscure official Viktor Zubkov in a vote whose result was a foregone conclusion in the Kremlin-controlled chamber.
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Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian  President Vladimir Putin last month as his favored successor,  launched his personal Internet site on Wednesday.