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March 15, 2004

Yesterday, Russian voters went to the polls and decisively reelected President Vladimir Putin.

BBC News: Russia's Putin sweeps to victory, Putin's 'power dilemma', Observers condemn Russia election, Russian media goes through the motions.

The Moscow Times: Early Returns Give Putin 70 Percent, Officials Turn Vote Into One Big Party

The entire AndrewRaff.com team strives to bring you the best in international political analysis. In that spirit, let us look back at Soviet and Russian leaders of the 20th Century, in matroishka form: