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Medvedev takes over, but Putin's close

Russian President Vladimir Putin is handing over the reigns of power to Dmitry Medvedev, a 42-year-old corporate lawyer and former head of Gazprom. Russia expert Martha Brill Olcott talks with host Bob Moon about what the change will mean for the country.

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. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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