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Dmitry Medvedev's landslide victo-ry in Russia's presidential electionon March 2 came as expected.When the country's CentralElection Commission announced the vot-ing result the next day, Medvedev had won70.23 percent of the ballots and his approvalrating hit a historical high of 79 percent. Inthis respect, he managed to outshine currentPresident Vladimir Putin, who had garnered71.3 percent of popular support when hewon his second term in 2004.