(20 votes, average: 4.4 out of 10)Dmitry Medvedev
Image via WikipediaDmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is the President of Russia, inaugurated on May 7, 2008. He won the presidential election held on March 2, 2008 with about 70% of the vote.
Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government on November 14, 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, he was also the Chairman of Gazprom’s board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000.
On December 10, 2007, he was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party, United Russia, and officially endorsed on December 17, 2007.
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I am praying this guy isnt Putins Pawn because he has been on a war path recently. journalists being killed, government control over industry increasing….
it looks like the cold war is coming back. i hope he makes it a priority to secure the nuclear waste scattered throughout the country.