No big surprise: In Russian election, Putin’s man, Medvedev, wins big
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As expected, the vote-count returns from yesterday’s much-anticipated presidential election have indicated that current Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hand-picked, favored candidate, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, is the runaway winner of the contest. About an hour after midnight today, Moscow time, Medvedev was leading with more than 69 percent of the vote (Kommersant), with his three rivals – those candidates whom Putin’s political machine didn’t completely get out of the way and who, in effect, were allowed to take part in the election so that it would appear to have been fully democratic – scoring considerably less.
admin @ March 9, 2008