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Puttin's hope

Russians go to the polls next Sunday to elect a new president. Puttin can not be reelected. Four candidates are registered, the favourite is Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently Russia's first deputy prime minister and chairman of Gazprom. The no chance rivals -- Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, populist firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the virtually unknown Andrei Bogdanov.

Numbers of voters: 109 million Russians are eligible to vote in Russia and abroad

Polls: Main polls said Medvedev will gain well over the 50 percent needed to win in the first round and avoid a run-off.

Election Monitoring: Thousands of observers from the main political parties will be monitoring. But Europe's main election observation body, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, has boycotted the vote citing restrictions imposed by Russia.

Next Steps: The new president to a four-year term will take up in May.

Putin has said that if Medvedev wins the election he will serve as prime minister, but Medvedev has avoided talking about the issue.

Sorce: AFP

Petroleumworld News 02/28/08

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