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Medvedev wins 70 percent of Russia vote

MOSCOW—Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election with over 70 percent of the vote, according to final results released Friday. Russia's Central Election Commission said Medvedev won Sunday's election with 70.28 percent of the vote. Full Article at Boston Globe

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  1. Medvedev, 42, got 52,530,712 votes (70.28 per cent) and the turnout was little over 64 per cent of the total 190 million registered voters, deputy chair of the Central Election Commission Stanislav Vavilov said. Full Article at Keralanext

  2. Medvedev said on the Vesti-24 news channel that the win "gives me a credit of trust to solve the main social and economic problems faced by the country, to improve the lives of our citizens." Full Article at Keralanext

  3. Newly elected Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev speaks to the media during a press conference early on March 3, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. (Epsilon, Getty Images)

    MOSCOW (AP) - Final results show Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election with over 70 percent of the vote. Russia's Central Election Commission said Friday that Medvedev won the election with 70.28 percent of the vote. Full Article at WAWS FOX 30

  4. MOSCOW (AP) -- Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election with over 70 percent of the vote, according to final results released Friday. Russia's Central Election Commission said Medvedev won Sunday's election with 70.28 percent of the vote. Full Article at The Columbian

  5. Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election with more than 70% of the vote, according to final official results released ... Full Article at USA Today

  6. MOSCOW, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia's First Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has secured his victory after the election authority officially announced final results of the March 2 presidential election on Friday. Full Article at Xinhua

  7. 2008-03-04 12:36:24 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky followed with more than 9 percent and little-known candidate Andrei Bogdanov captured more than 1 percent, Churov said. Turnout in Sunday's election was about 70 percent. Full Article at PR-Inside.com

  8. Russian soldiers vote at a base in Sevastopol, Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin's protege, said they would "continue to move ahead together."

    Two pigeons seen in front of a giant pre-election poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and First Deputy Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 1, 2008. Full Article at The Washington Post

  9. Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks at a polling station in Moscow as he takes part in the presidential election March 2, 2008. Russians voted for a new president on Sunday in an election expected to deliver a victory to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's chosen successor and another blow to Moscow's already tarnished democratic image.

    ・Medvedev secured his overwhelming victory by gaining 69.61 percent of the vote. ・A candidate must obtain more than 50 percent of the vote to win an outright victory. ・Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov ranked second with 18.15 percent of vote. Full Article at Xinhua

  10. Dmitry Medvedev: According to exit polls, he has won Russia's presidential election President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election on Sunday by a huge margin, according to exit polls and first... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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