Victory on Putin's mind

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Updated On Mar 03, 2012 12:56 am IST

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he issues an appeal to Russia's people in Moscow. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP Photo/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexey Druzhinin

Updated on Mar 03, 2012 12:56 am IST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he issues an appeal to Russia's people in Moscow. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP Photo/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexey Druzhinin

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A pro-Putin election billboard reads 'V. Putin. Your vote is needed for victory' in downtown Moscow. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko

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A pro-Putin election billboard reads 'V. Putin. Your vote is needed for victory' in downtown Moscow. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko

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Traditional Russian hand-painted wooden matryoshka dolls depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin (C) and former Russian President Boris Yeltsin are displayed at a souvenir shop in Moscow. The presidential election will be held in Russia on March 4. AP Photo/Misha Japaridze

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Traditional Russian hand-painted wooden matryoshka dolls depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin (C) and former Russian President Boris Yeltsin are displayed at a souvenir shop in Moscow. The presidential election will be held in Russia on March 4. AP Photo/Misha Japaridze

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A crow sits next to Russian national emblem, double headed eagle, on top of Historical Museum at the Red Square in Moscow. AFP Photo/Sergei Supinsky

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A crow sits next to Russian national emblem, double headed eagle, on top of Historical Museum at the Red Square in Moscow. AFP Photo/Sergei Supinsky

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The Kremlin wall and towers dominate the skyline at the Red Square in Moscow. AFP Photo/Sergei Supinsky

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The Kremlin wall and towers dominate the skyline at the Red Square in Moscow. AFP Photo/Sergei Supinsky

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Portraits of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are displayed at the foyer of a polling station in the settlement of Pogoreloe Gorodishche, some 170 km west of Moscow. Reuters/Thomas Peter

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Portraits of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are displayed at the foyer of a polling station in the settlement of Pogoreloe Gorodishche, some 170 km west of Moscow. Reuters/Thomas Peter

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A Russian woman tries to remove an election poster from the wall of an apartment house in downtown Moscow. Friday is the last day, before Sunday's presidential elections, when election campaign posters are allowed. The poster reads: For Putin, Just It. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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A Russian woman tries to remove an election poster from the wall of an apartment house in downtown Moscow. Friday is the last day, before Sunday's presidential elections, when election campaign posters are allowed. The poster reads: For Putin, Just It. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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A flag for presidential campaign poster for Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hangs out of windows of a dwelling house in Moscow. The flag reads: For Putin. And that's all. Reuters/Denis Sinyakov

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A flag for presidential campaign poster for Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hangs out of windows of a dwelling house in Moscow. The flag reads: For Putin. And that's all. Reuters/Denis Sinyakov

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A cleaner scrubs the floor next a ballot box at a polling station in Moscow, while preparing for the upcoming voting. AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev

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A cleaner scrubs the floor next a ballot box at a polling station in Moscow, while preparing for the upcoming voting. AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev

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An election official adjusts curtains to a polling booth at a polling station in Moscow. AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev

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An election official adjusts curtains to a polling booth at a polling station in Moscow. AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev

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A worker shovels snow, with the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

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A worker shovels snow, with the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

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Women pass by a board that makes an appeal to take part in the upcoming presidential election, in central Moscow. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

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Women pass by a board that makes an appeal to take part in the upcoming presidential election, in central Moscow. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

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Copies of a book titled Marrying Putin, a woman's guide to attracting and marrying the right man, are displayed in a book store in Moscow. AFP Photo/Natalia Kolesnikova

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Copies of a book titled Marrying Putin, a woman's guide to attracting and marrying the right man, are displayed in a book store in Moscow. AFP Photo/Natalia Kolesnikova

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