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Russia’s March 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 13, 2008
Report Number RS22831
Report Type Report
Authors Jim Nichol, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report discusses the campaign and results of Russia's March 2, 2008, presidential election and implications for Russia and U.S. interests. Popular outgoing President Vladimir Putin endorsed his First Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitriy Medvedev, who easily won an election viewed by some observers as not free and fair. This report will not be updated. Related products include CRS Report RL33407, Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests, by Stuart D. Goldman; and CRS Report RS22770, Russia's December 2007 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications, by Jim Nichol. For more background and prospects, see CRS Report RL34392, Russia's 2008 Presidential Succession, by Stuart D. Goldman.