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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is seen as a sportsman, a hunter, an athlete, a �manly man.’ But what about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev? Voters see him as a help-mate and political lackey for Putin � observers say that’s no accident. Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on the very different public images of Russia’s leaders.

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