Dmitry Medvedev has been inaugurated as Russia's president, taking over from Vladimir Putin, who was soon afterwards nominated the country's prime minister.
Medvedev took the oath of office in an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday at Andreyevsky Hall in Moscow, becoming Russia's third president since the end of the Soviet era. Jonah Hull reports.
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Is Medvedev a direct descendent of either of the
two Medvedevs who were prominently involved
-hands on -in the grusome Red Terror in 1918?
Check it out.
It would seem to be in line with the former secret police keeping their grip on power
-appointing a new generation who'll shield
the legacy.
BTW -thought the henchmen of those times
were just a bunch of no name flunkies?
--Not so.
One at least went on to become the Soviet appointed leader of post war Hungary -IMRY NAGY.