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      "id": 347676,
      "date": "2008-03-13",
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      "title": "Russia\u2019s March 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications",
      "summary": "This report discusses the campaign and results of Russia\u2019s March 2, 2008, presidential election and implications for Russia and U.S. interests. Popular outgoing President Vladimir Putin endorsed his First Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitriy Medvedev, who easily won an election viewed by some observers as not free and fair. This report will not be updated. Related products include CRS Report RL33407, Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests, by Stuart D. Goldman; and CRS Report RS22770, Russia\u2019s December 2007 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications, by Jim Nichol. For more background and prospects, see CRS Report RL34392, Russia\u2019s 2008 Presidential Succession, by Stuart D. Goldman.",
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