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In photos: 'Russian President Medvedev Inauguration'

By M&C News May 7, 2008, 20:27 GMT

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) stand together during a parade of the presidential regiment after Medvedev's inauguration in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected a new Russian President 02 March 2008. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV - RIA NOVOSTI POOL

Soldiers of the presidential regiment carry the State banners during the inauguration of the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected a new Russian President 02 March 2008. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV - RIA NOVOSTI POOL

Soldiers of the presidential regiment carry the text of the constitution and the order 'For the merits for the Fatherland of the First degree' during the inauguration of the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected a new Russian President 02 March 2008. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV - RIA NOVOSTI POOL

Cannons placed in front of the Kremlin wall, fire salute in honour of inauguration of the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected President 02 March 2008. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV

Newly elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev takes the oath of office during his inauguration in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected a new Russian President 02 March 2008. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV - RIA NOVOSTI POOL

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) looks on at the start of an inauguration ceremony for president-elect Dmitry Medvedev (L) in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, May 07, 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics. EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENK - POOL

Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev's motorcade heads for an inauguration in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics. EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/ POOL

President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana leave the Assumption Cathedral of Moscow's Kremlin 07 May 2008, after an inauguration ceremony. Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's President on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics. EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/ POOL

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) walk together to review A parade of the presidential regiment after the inauguration in the Kremlin, Moscow, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected a new Russian President 02 March 2008.. EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENK - POOL

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) with his wife Svetlana (R) leaves the Annunciation Cathedral after an inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics. EPA/POOL

Svetlana Medvedeva (front), the wife of the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, attends the inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin, Moscow, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected as new Russian President on 02 March 2008. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV / RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN POOL

New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his wife Svetlana (R) after Medvedev's inauguration as Russia's third president in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected as new Russian President on 02 March 2008. EPA/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN POOL