(Encyclopedia) Medvedev, Dmitri AnatolyevichMedvedev, Dmitri Anatolyevichmĕdvyĕdˈyĕf [key], 1965–, Russian political leader, president of Russia (2008–12), b. Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). He…
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