MOSCOW - Next week a lawyer with little foreign policy experience will become Russian president and lead a country with a nuclear arsenal, a UN veto and volatile relations with its neighbours and an energy-dependent West. The consensus among diplomats and analysts is that Dmitry Medvedev, who will be sworn in on May 7, will stick broadly to the assertive policies of his predecessor Vladimir Putin that have proved popular at home and alarmed the West. Despite his years working closely with Putin, little is known about the real Medvedev when it comes to international relations. He projects a...
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