MOSCOW, January 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- No clear alternative to current leadership, despite recent unrest A recent poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research

Russian political and public figures have offered their reaction to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's death, Russian news agencies reported on 4 August.

By The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Dmitry Medvedev, the man Vladimir Putin hand- picked to be his successor, scored a crushing victory in Russia's presidential elections Sunday, a result that was long anticipated but that still raises questions about who will run this resurgent global power.

By Vladimir Isachenkov MOSCOW -- Dmitry Medvedev, the man Vladimir Putin hand-picked to be his successor, scored a crushing victory in Russias presidential elections Sunday, a result long anticipated but that still raises questions about who will run this resurgent global power.

With the election of Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, as Russia's new president Sunday, the country wades into uncharted waters as it reconciles the emergence of a new leader with the reluctance of its popular, czarlike ruler to fully relinquish power.