As his term in office comes to a close, Dmitry Medvedev's influence is dwindling, and some suspect that despite public assurances from Vladimir Putin, there's no promise Medvedev will become prime minister. CORRECTION APPENDED As his term in office comes to a close, Dmitry Medvedev has made direct...

President Dmitry Medvedev took a major step toward repairing damage inflicted to his reputation over a carefully staged meeting at Moscow State University last fall when he held a repeat of the event Wednesday. President Dmitry Medvedev...

A central street in the West Bank city of Jericho will be named after President Dmitry Medvedev, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said. "Residents of Jericho decided to give your name to one of the main streets," Abbas told Medvedev on Friday at the president's residence, according to a transcript on the Kremlin's web site. Abbas...

President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that the proposals he made in December for reforms to the political system were not concessions to protesters who have rallied in cities across the country in favor of just such reforms...

Citing a busy schedule, President Dmitry Medvedev has postponed a meeting with his human rights council for the fourth time, prompting outcry from members of the body. Citing a busy schedule, President Dmitry Medvedev has postponed a meeting with his human rights council...

President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with leaders of unregistered political parties later this month to discuss his plans for political reform, but not mass protests. President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with leaders of unregistered political parties later...

Arkhangelsk Governor Ilya Mikhalchuk was dismissed by President Dmitry Medvedev, becoming the second governor to lose a job after United Russia posted poor results in region in State Duma elections. Arkhangelsk Governor Ilya Mikhalchuk was dismissed on Friday by President Dmitry Medvedev, becoming the second governor...

President Dmitry Medvedev has met rare resistance in the appointment of a new governor, with supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin balking at accepting a candidate tainted with vote-rigging allegations. President Dmitry Medvedev has met...

President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday fired Volgograd's unpopular governor just two years after he appointed him to the post, marking the third time he has dismissed a governor after last month's State Duma elections. President Dmitry Medvedev on...

Last month's large anti-government protests were triggered in part by President Dmitry Medvedev's failure to live up to his words, the founder of the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth movement said in a rare interview published Tuesday. Last month's large anti-government protests were triggered in part by President Dmitry...

Vladimir Putin's elections campaign manager has cast new doubt on the continuance of the ruling tandem by suggesting that President Dmitry Medvedev should do more to support the prime minister's bid to return to the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin's election campaign manager has cast new doubt on the continuance of the ruling tandem by suggesting that President Dmitry Medvedev...

Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who has offered to mediate talks between the Kremlin and the opposition, said he did not believe that Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev agreed four years ago to switch jobs in 2012. Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who has offered to mediate talks between the Kremlin and the opposition, said he did not believe that Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev agreed four...

... police was sacked following an investigation into the beating death of a 15-year-old boy while in custody, amid an ugly power struggle that came to head at the annual meeting of police brass with President Dmitry Medvedev. The head of the St. Petersburg police was sacked following an investigation into the beating death of a 15-year-old boy while in custody, amid an ugly power struggle that came to a head at the annual meeting of police brass with President...

... term, she replied that Putin would step down if Zhirinovsky won. Meanwhile, in a separate event, Putin told supporters that the government will consider bringing back daylight-saving time, the abolition of which was one of outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev's most widely felt and discussed reforms. "If the majority thinks that it was better before, we might return [to the old time regime]," Putin said Tuesday, Interfax reported. Putin said Medvedev was open to the idea of returning to...

... Vedomosti and on Putin's election website, as being short on detail and little more than a rehash of old ideas. Putin, who is expected to win Russia's presidential election on March 4, appeared to distance himself from the outgoing president, Dmitry Medvedev. "Over the last few years on the initiative of President Medvedev we began a whole series of reforms aimed at the improvement of the business climate," Putin wrote, in what was his only mention of Medvedev. "But we have not yet...

President Dmitry Medvedev once declared that direct gubernatorial elections would not return to Russia in 100 years, but on Monday he asked the Duma to reintroduce them. President Dmitry Medvedev once declared that direct gubernatorial elections would not return to...

The Kremlin is trying to present President Dmitry Medvedev's new bill as a way of bringing back direct gubernatorial elections, but it is more of a Trojan Horse than a political reform. The Kremlin is trying to present President Dmitry Medvedev's new bill as a way of bringing back...

... with the situation for small- and medium-sized businesses — representing 25 percent of the country's working population — being especially difficult. The problem of improving the investment climate was also addressed by President Dmitry Medvedev, who met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, government officials and leading economy experts on Wednesday to discuss the strategy of Russia's economic development for the next eight years. Medvedev specified the key problems to be targeted...

President Dimitry Medvedev fired St. Petersburg police chief Mikhail Sukhodolsky from his post Friday after the colonel-general failed to attend an important Interior Ministry meeting because of unspecified health reasons, Interfax reported. President Dimitry Medvedev...

President Dmitry Medvedev accepted Trade and Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko's resignation Wednesday, the Kremlin website reported, as the long-serving minister moves to take the position of head of the Eurasian Economic Commission...