Dmitry Medvedev

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President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Deauville, France, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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After Tuesday's service for Chernobyl disaster victims at St. Elias Cathedral near the nuclear power plant site in Ukraine, (from left) Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych ring bells in memory of the victims.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right), speaking at a government meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Friday, may have to negotiate with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) as to which one will be the next elected president of Russia. (Associated Press)

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"We were the first to fly to space and have had a great number of achievements, and we mustn't lose our advantage," says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he heads a meeting on economic issues at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev heads a meeting on transport security in the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Russian news agencies say Medvedev has fired a top official of the country's transport police in the wake of the bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama, left, and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START treaty at the Prague Castle in Prague in this April 8, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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** FILE ** President Obama (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START nuclear pact at the Prague Castle in Prague on April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the European Union-Russia summit in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during his annual address to both houses of parliament. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS WANTS TREATY: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is pressing for a new anti-ballistic missile treaty with the United States.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gives his annual address to both houses of parliament at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks the land of what his country calls the southern Kurils and Japan calls the Northern Territories. He promised to improve the standard of living there. (RIA Novosti Kremlin via Associated Press)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari shake hands as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, looks on during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Medvedev on Wednesday offered Pakistan support in dealing with catastrophic floods as he hosted leaders of Afghan, Pakistan and Tajikistan for talks on efforts to stabilize the region. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, listens to his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks to Russian troops stationed at the key Black Sea port of Gudauta in Abkhazia. Mr. Medvedev pledged Sunday to provide further support to breakaway Georgian regions on the anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war. He arrived in Abkhazia to hold talks with the Kremlin-friendly separatist government. (Associated Press)