Medvedev is Next Russian President

It could not have been easier for Dmitry Medvedev in Sunday's 2008 Russian Presidential election. With virtually no campaigning, Medevdev picked up approximately 70% of the vote. Even his refusal to debate the other three candidates did not seem to sway the voters.

The current results, with 99.45% of votes counted are:

• Dmitry Medvedev - 70.23%
• Gennady Zyuganov - 17.75%
• Vladimir Zhirinovsky - 9.36%
• Andrei Bogdanov - 1.29%

Zyuganov and Zhirinovsky are expected to challenge the results in court. Good luck guys - the Central Election Commission already declared the election as valid, and don't think for a minute that the courts would go against Putin's wishes.

From the above photo, one has to wonder about the President-elect's clothing fashion - definitely not typical for a future head of state.