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Dmitry Medvedev has close ties to then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and has been accused by opposition and numerous experts in the West as being heavily under his influence. In 2005, then President Putin appointed him as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, and subsequently endorsed him for the presidency. Considered an economic liberal, Mr Medvedev was also chairman of Russia's enormous state-run gas monopoly, [[Gazprom]].  

Dmitry Medvedev has close ties to then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and has been accused by opposition and numerous experts in the West as being heavily under his influence. In 2005, then President Putin appointed him as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, and subsequently endorsed him for the presidency. Considered an economic liberal, Mr Medvedev was also chairman of Russia's enormous state-run gas monopoly, [[Gazprom]].  

Medvedev is an [[Ex-Atheist]]. He claims that at the age of 23 he was baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church, a decision he said he took himself. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7136556.stm</ref>

Medvedev is an [[Ex-atheist]]. He claims that at the age of 23 he was baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church, a decision he said he took himself. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7136556.stm</ref>

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