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Duma approves Putin's appointment as PM
RBC, 08.05.2008, Moscow 14:11:54.The State Duma has approved Vladimir Putin's nomination as Russian Prime Minister. A decision to this effect was passed at an extraordinary plenary session of the lower chamber of parliament today. Deputies therefore endorsed the PM candidacy proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev, which he introduced to the Duma on May 7. Putin's appointment as Prime Minister of Russia was passed by a vote of 392 to 56, with no abstentions.
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