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Moscow - Change lies ahead, but how much change? (Photo: Wikipedia)

Russia to elect Vladimir Putin's successor

Russian voters will go to the polls on on Sunday (2 March) to elect a new president, with the Kremlin-backed Dmitry Medvedev seen as almost certain to win the country's most powerful seat. \n \nMr Medvedev currently serves as a first deputy prime minister as well as a chairman of Russia's state-run gas monopoly, Gazprom. He is a close ally of the outgoing President Vladimir Putin.

"Every voice of yours will be important," Mr Putin said in his farewell address on Friday (29 February), u...

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Moscow - Change lies ahead, but how much change? (Photo: Wikipedia)

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