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2008 Russian presidential election

Took place on March 2, 2008

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The 19th anniversary falls on March 2, 2027, in 128 days.

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was ineligible to run for a third term.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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1876–1958

Pius XII

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1810–1903

Leo XIII

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1885–1930

D. H. Lawrence

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