Dmitry Medvedev won a crushing victory in Russia's presidential elections and lost no time Monday in acting tough: Gazprom, the state-controlled energy giant Medvedev chairs, cut gas supplies to Ukraine in an apparent show of force to neighbors seeking closer ties to the West.
The decision to squeeze Ukraine's gas supplies may be an early indication that Medvedev intends to continue the course set by his mentor, President Vladimir Putin _ reasserting his country's power abroad while keeping a tight grip on society at home.
Nearly final results _ from 99.45 percent of precincts _ showed that the 42-year-old Medvedev had received 70.2 percent of the vote, the …
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