Dmitry Medvedev
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Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дми́трий Анато́льевич Медве́дев) (born in Leningrad, September 14, 1965) is the third president of the Russian Federation, succeeding the current prime minister, Vladimir Putin. He was inaugurated on May 7, 2008, having won the March 2nd election with 70% of the vote. He is not a member of any political party, though he was endorsed by several.
Medvedev has close ties to Putin, and has been accused of merely being his puppet. Putin appointed him a deputy prime minister in 2005, and subsequently endorsed him for the presidency.