2008 Russian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008, and resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev was elected for a four-year term, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties, received 71% of the vote, and defeated Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.
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An election ballot listing the presidential candidates
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is a Russian politician who has served as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and prime minister of Russia between 2012 and 2020.
Medvedev in 2022
The Faculty of Law building of Saint Petersburg State University, the place where Medvedev studied and later taught
Facade of the Smolny Institute, meeting place of the City Hall's Committee for Foreign Affairs, where Medvedev worked as a consultant
Medvedev with Vladimir Putin on 27 March 2000, a day after Putin's victory in the presidential election