President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and his predecessor Vladimir Putin, left, are seen as Kremlin guards participate in an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics.
(Photo: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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