by DFA Staff [courtesy of Blog for America]

Agence France-Presse reports on Russia's presidential election:

Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, won a landslide victory in Russian presidential polls on Sunday according to preliminary results, as opponents charged the vote was rigged.

Medvedev had won 69.4 percent of the vote based on results from 75 percent of the country's polling stations, the election commission said.

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by Michael Kuykendall [courtesy of Blog for America]

Anti-Kremlin forces cry foul as Vladimir Putin's United Russia party cruises to victory. Could Bush's soul-searching "eye" have been way off the mark?

Vladimir Putin proves Bush's soul searching judgment may very well have been inaccurate; his United Russia party is poised to win in a landslide amidst cries of vote rigging by the Kremlin;