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NOW ASK HILLARY AND BARACK America’s news team does not know how to pronounce the name of new Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. Neither do you. [HP]

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There were few surprises as newly confirmed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced his cabinet line-up. Most of the key ministers from his previous government remain in their posts, while powerful figures from his former presidential administration have been brought in to boost the new team.

The incoming Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin (photo), has re-appointed most key ministers. He also took some high-level figures from his previous Kremlin team with him, to his new post. Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s successor who became president last wednesday, quickly approved the names on Monday, during a formal meeting.

President Vladimir Putin and First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, March 7, 2006. [image source] Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, May 12, 2008. [image source - some of the comments there are laugh-out-loud funny]

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia Posted on by John Donovan. Categories: Gazprom, New York Times. In transactions involving both Shell and BP, Mr. Putin met directly with corporate executives. For a time, Kremlinologists thought that he might segue into the chairman’s job at Gazprom; executives say Mr.

Dandelion Salad by Eric S. Margolis May 12, 2008 Back in the old Soviet days, Kremlin leadership changes used to be marked by a new pecking order of dumpy communist apparatchiks in awful suits glowering from atop Lenin’s tomb as tanks and cheesy floats rolled through Red Square. No longer.

Last week there was either a changing of the guard or a game of musical chairs in Russia, as Dmitri Medvedev was sworn in as president and Vladimir Putin, termed-out after 8 years as president, was, as expected, appointed prime minister. Nobody really knows whether this is really Putin's third term or a real transition to new leadership.

Putin successor Medvedev gets Patriarchal blessing President Vladimir Putin's successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has been inaugurated in the Kremlin with pomp, circumstance, and prayers from Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church - which has paid tribute to the new national leader.

This week, as President Medvedev and PM Putin settle into their new offices and a new government is formed, the end of Operation Successor has begun. Commentators have already begun to feverishly read the tea leaves, including ominous predictions from democracy-promoters and meager optimism from business outlets.