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Russian Presidential Election

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Published on Mar 3, 2008
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Russia and Eurasia

The Russia and Eurasia Program continues Carnegie’s long tradition of independent research on major political, societal, and security trends in and U.S. policy toward a region that has been upended by Russia’s war against Ukraine.  Leaders regularly turn to our work for clear-eyed, relevant analyses on the region to inform their policy decisions.

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Source: The Diane Rehm Show

Carnegie Moscow Center's Rose Gottemoeller discussed domestic and international challenges facing newly-elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on The Diane Rehm Show. The hand-picked successor to outgoing President Putin faces issues from sustaining economic growth to tensions with the West over missile defense, Kosovo independence and NATO expansion.

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About the Author

Rose Gottemoeller

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program

Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Ambassador Gottemoeller served as the deputy secretary general of NATO from 2016 to 2019. 

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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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