Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, listens to Russian former president Vladimir Putin, during a discussion in the State Duma, lower parliament chamber, in Moscow on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Russian legislators confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister Thursday, capping a carefully engineered recast of Russia's leadership a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev said he would sign a decree making Putin prime minister later in the day. (AP Photo/ Mikhail Metzel, Pool)

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