Inside Story - Russia's new president - 03 Mar 08 - Pt.2

The results are in, and Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has won the Russian presidential elections in a landslide.

Medvedev has promised to carry on Putin's legacy. He says he wants Putin to be his prime minister, but just how much power the president will retain once he leaves office is unclear.

Other candidates in the race are protesting the results, claiming they were not allowed equal media coverage before the vote.

Election monitors are also saying the vote was not fair.

Has the election and results been a blow to Russian democracy? And how will Medvedev tackle the big issues facing the country?

Inside Story, with presenter Sami Zeidan, looks at the man who will be president and his vision for Russia.

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[newmanfrigan]

Watching Russia is very interesting, as always.

[vorkutinka]

Yes, the majority of Russian people are optimistic about him. They believe he will continue to lead the country in the same direction as Putin, making it stronger and better place to live in. That's why he got 70% of support from voters.

[polygamous1]

fishy/ haha like the "elections in iraq agfanistan panama egypt n every country the us has fucked up including the very FISHY US elections run by AIPEC now that really stinks wake up man others now run your once great country you need another Lincon or your history soon a zionist pupet

[polygamous1]

US now run by criminal thugs n greedy banker who also control us news AIPEC THE BANKERS THE NEWS MEDIA MONGULS ARE ALL not REAL ANGOSAXON CHRISTIAN AMERICANS but they own n control u, u fight n die for their wars for their benefits but u still cannot see it they have bankrupted the mostadvanced nation on earth n turned the us from the most respected to the most hated since the nazis Putin the great is loved by most bush hated the most Putin IS a demograd bush is a plutograd

[polygamous1]

in the us for sure they got a track record on that remember the great man Lincon murdered for printing real money the greekback kennedy said he was to demolish the private fed murdered 10 days later bush took most of your freedoms away police brutality like no othewr country his grandfather WAS INTICTED by the us congress for trading with the enemy!! selling the nazis specialist metals to keep their was machine going n whom did that machine killed? many us troops too u r cuntry is by criminals

[luxcretia2]

sure

[luxcretia2]

if Medveyev will start making own decisions=murder

[TheRealCritique]

Putin will be putting his saddle on Medvedyev now.

[Andrefuentes]

The election was as riged as the 2000 US election.

[neotoy]

Since the election seems a bit fishy, I am wondering if the Russian people are optimistic about the new President?