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“republic heads should decide on their titles themselves” – medvedev

Russian republics and subjects of federation should decide for themselves what to call their heads, said President Dmitry Medvedev concerning recent initiatives to stop naming them presidents.

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Source: http://rt.com/Politics/2010-08-30/medvedev-republic-presidents-names.html