Putin Successor Will Take Office with Czarist Pomp
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 23, 2008
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MOSCOW Dmitry Medve-dev will become the third president of the Russian Federation today in an elaborate modern ritual that should remind the world of his country's czarist roots and 21st-century wealth.
The 1993 constitution stipulates that the president takes the oath of office "in a ceremonial atmosphere," and there is little risk Medvedev's invitation-only inauguration on the grounds of the Kremlin will fail to do that.See the full content of this document
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Putin Successor Will Take Office with Czarist Pomp
Medvedev is to stride into an opulent throne room in ...
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