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| Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is set to win Russia's presidential election by a wide margin, exit polls indicate. | Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is set to win Russia's presidential election by a wide margin, exit polls indicate. |
| The state-owned pollster VTsIOM showed Mr Medvedev with 69.6% of the vote. | |
| And early results, with 15% of votes counted, put him on 64.5%. His nearest rival was Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, on nearly 20%. | |
| Mr Medvedev, a first deputy PM, was the clear favourite from the start and enjoyed generous television coverage. | Mr Medvedev, a first deputy PM, was the clear favourite from the start and enjoyed generous television coverage. |
| His other rivals in the race were nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and little-known outsider Andrei Bogdanov. | |
| Mr Putin has pledged to serve as Mr Medvedev's prime minister. | Mr Putin has pledged to serve as Mr Medvedev's prime minister. |
| Turnout was high, at nearly 60%, officials said. But there were also reports that many workers were told to vote by their bosses. |