Russia: With firing, Medvedev reasserts his power (The Washington Post, 2010)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stepped out of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's shadow long enough on Tuesday to fire Moscow's larger-than-life mayor, rattling a political establishment that until now has accepted Putin as the nation's undisputed authority.
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