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Medvedev takes over, but Putin's close

Russia's President-elect Dmitry Medvedev, left, with outgoing President Vladimir Putin at an Easter service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on April 27, 2008.

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Bob Moon is Marketplace’s senior business correspondent, based in Los Angeles.