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Russia’s relations with countries through which it ships gas, power and coal to Europe have been characterized by frequent disputes.

Following is initial reaction from U.S. officials and presidential candidates to the election on Sunday of Dmitry Medvedev as Russia’s next president. Medvedev vows to continue the policies of Vladimir Putin.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev has won 70.23 percent of the vote in Russia’s presidential election with 99.45 percent of the ballots counted, giving him an easy first round victory, preliminary results showed on Monday.

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) reduced supplies to Ukraine by a quarter on Monday, just hours after its chairman and Kremlin candidate Dmitry Medvedev won Russia’s presidential election.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – An Internet bookmaker has stopped taking bets on Russia’s presidential election because the outcome is so predictable.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Imagine a crisis breaking out somewhere in the world, and President George W. Bush suddenly has to get the Kremlin on the hotline. After Sunday’s presidential election in Russia, who’s he going to call?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday dismissed the notion that Russia’s likely new president would be Vladimir Putin’s puppet but said he did not know how much power Dmitry Medvedev would wield with his predecessor still in the picture.

According to sources in the Wilayah of Nokhchicho (Ichkeria) of the Caucasus Emirate, the head of murtadin Kadyrov announced the renaming of one of the streets of occupied Jokhar, in honor of Russian kuffar the murderers of the Chechen people – “84 Pskov Paratroopers Street”.

In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful   Praise be to Allah, whom we praise and pray for help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of ourselves and the wickedness of our own deeds. Whomever Allah guides, cannot be led astray and …

Sir, Today is World Chechnya Day, commemorating the dignity and resilience of a people who, against all odds, refused to be erased from existence. It was on this day in 1944 that Stalin ordered the deportation of the entire Chechen and Ingush population to Central Asia and Siberia.