Special
Report: Russia presidential election
2008
Profile: Russia's president-elect Dmitry Medvedev
MOSCOW, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The inauguration ceremony of Russia's new
president Dmitry Medvedev started on Wednesday at which he would succeed
President Vladimir Putin.
The grand ceremony, held at the Kremlin Wednesday noon, was attended by
senior officials as well as foreign guests.
Medvedev, the third and youngest Russian head of state since the collapse
of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, swept the March 2 elections thanks to Putin's
endorsement.
The former law professor and first deputy prime minister has pledged to
continue Putin's policies and Putin is expected to take the position of prime
minister on Thursday.
Russia's
president-to-be Medvedev receives credentials
MOSCOW, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Russia's
president-elect Dmitry Medvedev received his credentials from the country's
election watchdog on the eve of his inauguration, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
Vladimir Churov, the chairman of the Central Election
Commission, handed Medvedev the documents during a work meeting in Moscow,
Interfax news agency reported. Full story
Russian
president-elect Medvedev will not join ruling party
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd
L), President-elect Dmitry Medvedev (2nd R) and United Russia party leader
Boris Gryzlov (L) arrive to attend the congress of the ruling United
Russia party in Moscow, April 15, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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MOSCOW, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Russian President-elect
Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday refused to join the United Russia party, which holds
two-thirds majority in parliament.
"United Russia is of course a party of like-minded people
and a party close to me ideologically. But my direct participation would be
premature," Medvedev, who will succeed outgoing President Vladimir Putin, told
the party's congress in Moscow. Full story
Medvedev: Russia
prepared to enter WTO in 2008
MOSCOW, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia is
ready to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year, President-elect
Dmitry Medvedev said here Tuesday.
"We are really ready to join the WTO, we are quite
capable of completing this process within this year," Medvedev was quoted by the
Itar-Tass news agency as saying, while speaking to members of the Russian Union
of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE). Full story
Medvedev warns
against NATO expansion
LONDON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian
President-elect Dmitry Medvedev has warned that granting NATO membership to the
former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Georgia could threaten European security,
the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
Medvedev's comments will step up pressure on the alliance
not to allow the two states to join NATO's "membership action plan" at a summit
in Bucharest next week, the newspaper said. Full story
Medvedev vows to
improve gov't structure
MOSCOW, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Russia's
president-elect Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that he would strive to improve
government structure and address the issues raised by the incumbent President
Vladimir Putin.
"I am ready to start working on the issues you
(Putin) mentioned and look at the structure of the government and deal with the
problems you raised," said Medvedev, Russia's first deputy prime minister, who
has won the country's fifth presidential election by a landslide. Full story
Medvedev vows to establish friendly, partnership ties with Putin
MOSCOW, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev pledged to establish "friendly and partnership relations" with incumbent President Vladimir Putin, hours after official figures show that he has won the state's fifth presidential election.
"I would say that my relations with Putin should be based on several elements. The first element is that these should be fully friendly and partnership relations based on the fact that we have been working together for a long time and trust each other," he told a press conference in Moscow early Monday morning. Full story
