The leader of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, one of the Medvedev's challengers in the March 2, 2008 presidential vote, smiles as his best man holds a crown over his head during an Russian Orthodox Church wedding ceremony in Moscow in this Sunday, Feb. 11, 1996, file photo. A talented showman, Zhirinovsky livens up an otherwise lackluster campaign with his colorful outbursts and fondness for fist-fights. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin File)

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